A message from the Consul General Dear friends, I am pleased to announce that Boston has been designated by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the 2024 Capital of Italian Creativity in the world. In this context, with the support of a dedicated group of enthusiastic volunteers, the Consulate...
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ITALY-USA: Zappia, ‘great potential for new investments in biotechnology’—biotech working group interim report presented in Washington.
“Biotech and life sciences are at the center of some of the most important challenges of our time, ranging from healthcare to environmental sustainability, and they will play a significant role in building a part of the economy of the future. These are issues that are crucial for the future...
Biodiversity, online the ENEA “biobank” website
The ENEA biobank website is online, a large collection of microorganisms comprising over 1400 bacteria, fungi, yeasts, microalgae and plant viruses, useful for multiple applications in agriculture, the environment, cultural heritage, bioenergy, quality and safety food, health. Held in the four ENEA Research Centers in Brindisi, Casaccia (Rome), Portici (Naples)...
Project to use hydrogen as fuel in the maritime sector kicks off
Developing a regulatory framework for the use of hydrogen in the maritime sector is the objective of the e-SHyIPS project, which has received European funding of over 400 thousand euro and in which Italy participates with ENEA, within the Atena consortium, together with Politecnico di Milano (coordinator) and Cineca for...
Solar panels, from ENEA innovative materials resistant to humidity and UV rays
A team of researchers at the ENEA Center in Portici (Naples) has developed innovative materials to protect photovoltaic panels against humidity and ultraviolet rays. “The preliminary tests published on ‘ScienceDirect’ are very encouraging and also highlight that the durability and resistance to ultraviolet rays of these new encapsulating films can...
Hadrontherapy, from ENEA and CNAO innovative technologies for more effective oncological treatments
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...
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...