A laser may not be the first tool most geoscientists think to use when analyzing geological samples, but the technique known as laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) holds great potential for illuminating the geosciences. It’s a very simple technique: by rapidly pulsing a high-powered laser at any given sample, a plasma...
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Agroindustry: ENEA developed the first photoacoustic laser for food fraud detection
“SafeFood”, the first photoacoustic laser system for detecting adulterated foods, developed by ENEA, is available to food industries and large distribution chains. The prototype can detect in real time contaminants on untreated samples of small amounts of product. “This laser system, designed to be installed in production lines, can be...
Select Florida, Virtual Foreign Direct Investment Expo
Florida’s first-ever virtual event focused on attracting foreign direct investment, November 30, 2021 to December 2, 2021 Enterprise Florida will host Select Florida Expo 2021, Florida’s first-ever virtual event focused on attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) to the state. This online interactive event will showcase Florida’s communities and regions,...
Driving energy transition through electric mobility on line event
October 12, 2021 11:00am EDT According to the analysis provided by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in its latest report, “Global Energy Review 2021”, carbon dioxide emissions due to transport, despite growing more slowly in recent years, still represent 24% of total emissions. Road vehicles are responsible for almost...
Connext 2021 in-person or virtually
Connext is Confindustria’s national industrial partnership meeting; a 2-day event organized with the aim of strengthening the business ecosystem in a horizontal and vertical dimension. Connext is a space of growth for productive supply chains and for companies of all dimensions, including start-ups. Confindustria puts into place the most strategic...
Artificial Intelligence for the automatic recognition of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs
A paper published in the Ieee Access journal analyzes through Deep Learning the possibility of automatically classifying – with very high accuracy and precision – the images of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, independently from the support on which they are written or inscribed (papyrus, stone, wood). The research was carried out...
Indagine sui ricercatori italiani all’estero CNR – MAECI
L’Ufficio IX della Direzione Generale per la promozione del Sistema Paese del Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale (MAECI, DGSP, Uff. IX) e l’Istituto di Ricerche sulla Popolazione e le Politiche Sociali del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-IRPPS) promuovono un’indagine conoscitiva sul tema della mobilità internazionale dei ricercatori e...
Fires in Iceland: human interference even 1,100 years ago
An international team led by scientists from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and the Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council of Italy has analysed the chemical compounds deposited in the ice to study the trend of fires over a period of five thousand year. The work was...
Fabrizio Scerch and George Jousma announce launch of Groundbreaking Yacht Services Company
Yachting powerhouses Fabrizio Scerch (in the photo) and George Jousma are excited to announce the launch of NauticALL, a unique yachting services company that supports both owners and the broker community with everything from yacht management, crew placement and employment to charter marketing and project management. The company is headquartered...
2021 European Researchers’ Night – Italy events
The European Researchers’ Night is a Europe-wide public event, which displays the diversity of science and its impact on citizens’ daily lives in fun, inspiring ways. This year, the event will take place in 29 countries on Friday 24 September 2021. The European Researchers’ Night aims to bring research and researchers...