Vienna: Italian-Chinese satellite for studying earthquakes
The Italy-China scientific cooperation for the Chinese satellite CSES (China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite) was presented in Vienna during the meeting of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space of the United Nations (COPUOS). Ambassador Maria Assunta Accili, Permanent Representative of Italy to the International Organizations, presented the project while the more technical aspects of […]
Read moreCelebrating Leonardo da Vinci: Exhibitions, conferences and performances
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is planning more than 150 events this year to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci. They will include exhibitions, conferences, films and theatrical performances celebrating the great genius of the Renaissance. Engineer, artist, scientist and polymath, Leonardo left an immense body of work to study, […]
Read moreAgreement between the Milano-Bicocca University and the Republic of Maldives
The Agreement between the Milano-Bicocca University and the Government of the Republic of Maldives to renew the presence of the University in Magoodhoo Island through its MaRHE Research Centre was signed at the presence of Italian Ambassador Rita Giuliana Mannella, the Rector Cristina Messa, the pro Rector Andrea Giovanni Maria Biondi and the Director of the […]
Read moreLondon: Mission by an Italian research team on artificial intelligence
The Italian Embassy in London organised a public event entitled “Italy4Innovation”, the London stop of the Italian diplomatic mission’s presentation on artificial intelligence coordinated by the Ministry of Economic Development (MISE). The Italian mission’s choice of the British capital was unavoidable, as the United Kingdom is the European Country most advanced in the research, development […]
Read moreJapan, an international research team discovers a new form of matter
A new type of ‘strange matter’, which could provide new information on the origin of the mass of the universe following the Big Bang, was discovered by the scientists of an international team in Japan, partially financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The E15 experiment conducted at the Japan Proton Accelerator […]
Read moreAn Italian appointed president of the Immunological Society in Prague
Luca Vannucci, an Italian oncologist and immunologist, has been appointed president of the Czech Immunological Society, one of the leading research institutions in the Czech Republic. Since its founding in 1973 by Professor Jan Sterzl, this is the first time that the president of the Immunological Society is not Czech. For the occasion, the Italian […]
Read moreItaly-USA Joint Science Commission meets in Washington
To celebrate the anniversary of the signing of the Italy-U.S. Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement, the Italy-U.S. Joint Commission (JCM) on science and technology held its 13th meeting in Washington to discuss strengthening the cooperation programmes already under way and new cooperation projects in sectors such as physics, telecommunications, health, forestry and resilience to natural […]
Read moreItaly partner Country at Houston’s SpaceCom Expo
Italy was a partner Country in the 4th edition of SpaceCom international Expo in Houston, the most important exposition in the United States on advanced technologies applied to the aerospace sector. The Italian Consulate General, together with the ICE-Agency, took care of setting up an exhibition space grouping the 15 Italian companies that make up […]
Read moreItalian technology to fight cancer in Prague
An experimental structure, ELIMAIA-ELIMED, opened at the physics laboratory in the Academy of Sciences in Prague in association with the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN). The goal is to examine new ways of curing cancer with adrotherapy using particle beams. An Italian delegation attended the opening ceremony, led by Fernando Ferroni, President of […]
Read more”TOWARDS ESOF 2020 – Trieste European City of Science”
This morning, the Farnesina hosted the presentation to the Diplomatic Corps of ESOF (EuroScience Open Forum), the most important European event dedicated to the debate between science, technology, society and politics that will take place in Trieste in 2020. The Julian Venetia capital was chosen to be the European City of Science in the light of […]
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