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30 March 2016
Munich – Italian researchers assemble for first conference of “Italy’s Northernmost City”

Munich’s geographic proximity to Italy, the high standards of living and the presence of research centres of primary importance throughout the territory have recently spurred a growing number of Italian researchers to move to what is called “Italy’s Northernmost City”. This gives particular importance to the first official conference of the Italian researchers who live […]

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29 March 2016
Cape Town – Italy offers grants for South African students

The Farnesina (Italian Foreign Ministry) has launched a programme of scholarships for South African citizens and Italian nationals resident in South Africa who want to continue their studies or research projects in Italy. “The grants give South Africans the chance not only to spend a few months in Italy and study the language, but also […]

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25 March 2016
Italy-Serbia – Scientific and Cultural Cooperation boosted

Italy and Serbia are boosting their scientific and cultural cooperation. Italian Ambassador in Belgrade, Giuseppe Manzo, met the President of the Academy of Sciences and Arts, Vladimir Kostic, to discuss the excellent state of cooperation between Italy and Serbia in the areas of culture, science and technology. They looked in particular at the increasing cooperation […]

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11 March 2016
Houston – From Palermo to the U.S. for the Conference of Italian Researchers in the World

From Sicily to the United States in the sign of research on neurodegenerative diseases, neurogenesis, cancerogenesis and metabolic disorders. Five post-graduate students and two post-doctorate students of the PhD course of International Research on Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences of the University of Palermo recently participated in the 11th edition of the annual Conference of Italian […]

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24 February 2016
China: Italy to improve ST cooperation

Italy is taking stock of the progress achieved on scientific and technical cooperation with China with a view to strengthening it. A technical panel for the ‘development of scientific and technological cooperation with China’, a collegial body set up by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation met  today at the Farnesina  representatives of national research, industrial associations and major […]

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19 February 2016
Mexico- Workshop focuses on geothermal energy opportunities

“Geothermal Energy, an exchange of experiences and perspectives between Italy and Mexico” is the theme of a workshop to be held on Thursday at the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in Mexico City. The event will be an opportunity to share experiences and projects relating to a renewable energy sources that are underutilised in Mexico, […]

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17 February 2016
Italy-Mexico: a study concerning the technical and scientific cooperation between the two countries

A meeting was held at the Secretaria de Relations Exteriores, concerning the 12 projects funded by the 2014-2016 Executive Programme for Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Italy and Mexico. It was aimed at taking stock of the current state of the scientific and technological cooperation between the two countries. Researchers from various Italian and Mexican institutions, and representatives from the Italian embassy […]

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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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