More and more reliable and personalised oncological treatments thanks to new smart and compact devices capable of precisely measuring the radiation dose to be used in hadrontherapy for the treatment of tumors, which specifically destroys the tumor mass while preserving healthy tissues. This is what emerges from a study carried...
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Order of Merit of the Italian Republic conferred by Ambassador Zappia on NIH Director Monica Bertagnolli
The Italian Ambassador to the United States, Mariangela Zappia, presented the honor of Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic to Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the world’s largest biomedical research agency, last night in Washington. “It is truly a great...
IIT and the Politecnico di Milano: Ziapin2 molecules used to stimulate skeletal muscle cells with light
The results pave the way for future applications of Ziapin2 combined with photostimulation in the medical field, as an alternative to traditional electrical stimulation, as well as for applications in the new bio-hybrid-robot sector A research team from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Milan and from the Politecnico...
Introducing SoftFoot Pro: a cutting-edge motorless, flexible and waterproof artificial foot
Its design is unique on an international level A motorless, flexible, waterproof prosthetic foot inspired by the anatomy of the human extremity is the new SoftFoot Pro bionic foot prototype, designed by the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) in Genoa. Its design is unique on an...
A new research paper lays the groundwork for the development of new drugs specific to genetic mutations or alterations responsible for the onset of tumours or genetic diseases
The correct functioning of cells relies heavily on the ability to finely control gene expression, a complex process by which the information contained in DNA is copied into RNA to eventually give rise to all the proteins and most of the regulatory molecules in the cell. If DNA can be...
A method for measuring fusion power in nuclear reactors
An international research group led by the Institute for Plasma Science and Technology of the National Research Council (Cnr) in Milan has demonstrated that gamma rays produced in the deuterium-tritium nuclear reaction can provide an accurate and alternative method for measuring the power achieved in new fusion reactors. An...
Innovative supercomputers solutions to advance renewables and fusion
Boosting performance of photovoltaic, hydroelectric, wind and in the future nuclear fusion energy sources with new generation supercomputers capable of solving one trillion operations per second (‘exascale’) is the objective of the three-year project EoCoE-III, funded by the European Joint Undertaking for High Performance Computing (EuroHPC JU) which aims to...
Space: From ENEA and ASI advanced biotechnology for human nutrition in spaceflights
ENEA, as part of the ReBUS project funded by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), which includes the Cnr, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Thales Alenia Space Italia, Kayser Italia, Telespazio and the Universities of Tor Vergata, Pavia and Federico II of Naples as coordinator, has developed an insect based system...
From ENEA a novel technique to restore damaged monuments
Restoring damaged peperino marble monuments with novel methods employing nanomaterials, advanced diagnostics and sensors, 3D models and drones to cut intervention times and costs was the focus of the project COLLINE, coordinated by ENEA, funded by the Lazio Region and presented during the workshop “New Technologies for Cultural Heritage”, which...
A miniaturized, implantable multi-sensors device to monitor vessels health
The EU-funded project IV-Lab, coordinated by the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, has received more than 4 million euros from the European Innovation Council (EIC). The device will empower physicians to deliver timely and personalized treatment The EU-funded project IV-Lab, coordinated by the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of...