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15 February 2016
Italy and Serbia boost scientific cooperation

“Italian – Serbian Cooperation on Science, Technology and Humanities” is the title of the third e-book in the “Serbia-Italy” series, published by the Italian embassy in Belgrade, the Association of Italian and Serbian Scientists and Scholars (AIS3) and the University of Belgrade. The book presents the results of projects performed under the Executive Protocol on […]

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11 February 2016
Scientific cooperation – Gravitational waves discovered

Italian and American scientists announced at a press conference in Washington the detection of gravitational waves, whose existence Albert Einstein predicted in his General Theory of Relativity100 years ago. Scientists have been able to detect for the first time ever “ripples” in  spacetime, the so-called gravitational waves generated by a catastrophic collision in the universe. The […]

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11 February 2016
Ottawa – Italo-Canadian astrophysicist leads the Astro-H telescope project

The scientific team that developed the Astro-H telescope space observatory, due to be launched into space on Friday, was led by Italo-Canadian astrophysicist Luigi Gallo. The instrument will be launched from the Tanegashima Space Centre in Japan. The ambitious project, which involves NASA, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, the European Space Agency and the Canadian […]

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8 February 2016
Italian Consortium wins largest ESO contract for giant E-ELT telescope

  A consortium formed by three Italian companies (Astaldi, Cimolai and EIE Group) was the winning bidder of the international tender to build the dome and the main structure for the (ESO) European Southern Observatory’s giant optical telescope E-ELT (European Extremely Large Telescope). In an extraordinary meeting held in Garching, Germany (Munich) on February 3, […]

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19 January 2016
Science – Scientific cooperation, on-line notice for 2016 contributions

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), in accordance with the Ministry for Education, University and Research (MIUR), the Ministry for the Environment and Land and Sea Protection (MATTM) and the Ministry of Health, has published the annual call for contribution requests for the development of joint research projects approved by the Executive […]

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14 January 2016
Italy and United States Renew Scientific Cooperation Agreement – 2016-2017 Two-Year Joint Declaration Signed

With research areas including nanotechnology, agrifood, robotics, ICT, and life sciences, scientific cooperation between Italy and the United States was strengthened and bolstered when the 2016-2017 Joint Declaration on Scientific and Technological Cooperation was signed today at the Foreign Ministry headquarters. In the afternoon, experts from the two countries will discuss basic research and innovation […]

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8 January 2016
Italy and South Korea sign a new scientific and technological cooperation protocol

The Italian Ambassador in Seoul, Marco della Seta, and the Director-General of the Creative Economy Policy Bureau at South Korea’s Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP), Choi Young-Hae, signed the two countries’ new bilateral scientific and technological cooperation Executive Protocol for 2016–18 in the South Korean capital on 9 December 2015. In addition to […]

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8 January 2016
Italy and Poland agree on 10 projects for researcher mobility

Italy and Poland signed the new Executive Programme (EP) of Scientific and Technological Cooperation in Warsaw on 21 December 2015. The EP relaunches and renews Italo-Polish relations for the 2016–18 three-year period, within the framework of the Cultural, Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement of 27 November 1960, which came into effect on 31 July 1961. The new EP […]

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24 December 2015
La Valletta – Neuroscience, Prof. Rizzolati captivates his Maltese audience

Initiatives by the Italian Cultural Institute in La Valletta to promote Italian excellence in the scientific field continue, not least through the exchanges of university teaching staff envisaged by the 14th Italy-Malta cultural and education collaboration programme. The Institute, directed by Salvatore Schirmo, recently joined forces with The President’s Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society, […]

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24 December 2015
Italy-China – Collaboration growing in the space sector

Italy and China are developing their collaboration in the space sector, most recently with the successful launch of the Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) satellite from Gansu province. Switzerland also took part in the project, along with the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) and the universities of Perugia, Bari and Lecce. As the Italian Ambassador […]

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23 December 2015
Washington – Cultural assets in seismic zones: the INGV does the “maximum” in the USA

Doing the “maximum” to safeguard cultural assets in seismic zones. That is the goal of the PON01-02710 project, known as “Massimo”, which the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) presented recently at the Italian Embassy and the World Bank in Washington. Participants at the workshops included representatives of the INGV, the Italian National Agency […]

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