Gentiloni: 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 […]
Read moreBrussels – Italian hi-tech in review
Investment for technological innovation and growth in the cyber security sector, access to raw materials, active and healthy ageing, food quality and security in the run-up to EXPO 2015, the protection and enhancement of the cultural heritage, and infrastructure networks. These are the key topics of the 4 sessions of TechItaly 2014, a series of […]
Read more#Farnesina: Italy’s culinary arts arrive in space
Italy’s culinary arts arrive in space, thanks to Argotec. The company’s young engineers, working with Italian chefs and astronauts, have created a “Space Food Lab” in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) and its Italian counterpart (ASI). The Argotec team has developed a special menu of “bonus food” designed specifically for each European astronaut […]
Read moreHong Kong – Success for Italian Cooperation-Science Park
Italy is among the leaders of the “Soft-landing programme for technology and innovation collaboration” of the Hong Kong Science Park (HKSTPC). The purpose of the initiative, supported by our Consulate General in Hong Kong, is to offer universities, research centres and eventual foreign spin-offs a chance to promote and develop their innovative ideas in 5 […]
Read moreEnvironment – Italo-Serbian Urbesoil project launched
The Urbesoil project, consisting of a team of researchers made up of Italians from ENEA and Serbians from the University of Novi Sad, was launched to study the movement of potentially toxic elements within an urban environment. Approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Urbesoil is an integral part of the Italo-Serbia science and technology […]
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