Rosetta Mission: Italy’s decisive technological contribution
As part of the European Space Agency’s Rosetta Mission, the Philae lander has made its landing on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.The technical and scientific contribution to the mission by Italy’s research centres and industries was coordinated by the Italian Space Agency (ASI). Sophisticated electro-optical instruments Finmeccanica – Selex ES, Telespazio and Thales Alenia Space made […]
Read moreWashington – Embassy hosts ISSNAF event
The Italian Embassy in Washington will host the 2014 ISSNAF Annual Event on 12 and 13 November. With over 3000 members, ISSNAF, the Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation, is the principle network of its kind in the country. The event will host “Cyber-Sciences and Research: Promoting a Perfect Match, Avoiding a Perfect […]
Read more#Farnesina Space: ISS is an outpost for humanity, says Cristoforetti
“We’ve created a destination for human beings in the most hostile place that exists: space”. This was how Samantha Cristoforettiexplained the significance of the International Space Station (ISS), where the second long-term mission by the Italian Space Agency (ISA) is heading as part of the Futura project. Cristoforetti, captain and pilot in the Italian Air […]
Read moreThe year of Italy in Latin America – Press conference today at the Farnesina to present events calendar
Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mario Giro and Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Argentina Eduardo Zuain will hold a press conference today at the Farnesina to present the Year of Italy in Latin America 2015. Participants will also include Moni Ovadia and Renzo Arbore. The Year of Italy in Latin America is an integrated foreign […]
Read moreGentiloni: congratulazioni a Fabiola Gianotti nuovo DG dell’Organizzazione Europea per la Ricerca Nucleare
“Un grande successo per il progresso scientifico e per l’Italia”, così il Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Paolo Gentiloni, ha accolto la notizia della nomina a Direttore Generale dell’Organizzazione Europea per la Ricerca Nucleare (CERN) di Fabiola Gianotti, il fisico nucleare che ha diretto il gruppo di ricerca del CERN sul bosone […]
Read moreGentiloni: congratulazioni a Fabiola Gianotti nuovo DG dell’Organizzazione Europea per la Ricerca Nucleare
“A great victory for scientific progress and for Italy”, commented Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni upon hearing of the appointment of physicist Fabiola Gianotti as Director General of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), and leader of CERN’s Higgs boson research team.“Fabiola Gianotti has my warmest congratulations for this exceptional […]
Read moreMiddle East: Joint Israeli-Italian Commission selects projects – Industrial, scientific and technological cooperation
The Joint Israeli-Italian Commission set up under the Bilateral Agreement for Industrial, Scientific and Technological Cooperation met on 22 October 2014 in Tel Aviv. The aim of the meeting was to select joint research and development projects in both the industrial and academic spheres to be funded in 2014. Another aim was to establish the […]
Read moreGenoa – Science Festival, the Farnesina organises 3 round tables
The 12th Science Festival – one of the Ligurian regional capital’s most important international events – will run in Genoa from 24 October to 2 November 2014. “Time” – in all its forms, from the evolution of the species to physics to climate – will be the Festival theme. The event will include interactive science […]
Read moreItaly-Argentina – Grasso launches youth “think-tank” – Bicultural project, ceremony at Baires “Palazzo Italia”
“Italy must go back to believing strongly in the value of its cultural, literary, artistic and scientific legacy, which can be a driver” in regaining the role it deserves, asserted President of the Senate Pietro Grasso as he launched a new “Italo-Argentine think-tank” during a meeting at the Italian Cultural Institute. Present also was Italian […]
Read moreInnovitalia – Italian research around the globe
Innovitalia is a web space managed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation (MAECI) and the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR) with a view to fostering the internationalisation of Italian research. Its intention is to offer sector operators constant updates on MAECI efforts to promote science and technology cooperation with other […]
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