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  • Facts & Stories

    Olive Oil Rejuvenates Brain Cells, Study Reveals

    Roberta Cutillo(February 18, 2020)
    A study led by Felice Tirone in collaboration with Laura Micheli, Giorgio D'Andrea e Manuela Ceccarelli of the National Research Council’s Biochemistry and Cellular Biology Institute (Cnr- Ibbc) reveals that olive oil counters the aging of brain cells, particularly in older subjects, confirming once again the benefits of the Mediterranean diet.
  • Art & Culture

    Trieste 2020, the European City of Science

    Roberta Cutillo(January 10, 2020)
    One of the most important scientific hubs in Europe, the Northeastern Italian city of Trieste is ready to kick off its year as the European City of Science, during which it will host the EuroScience Open Forum, the largest biennial general science meeting in Europe, as well as the The Science in the City Festival, which will be open to the public.
  • Art & Culture

    A Closer Look Inside Da Vinci’s Studio

    Roberta Cutillo(November 11, 2019)
    The Institute of molecular bioimaging and physiology (IBFM) in collaboration with University of Milano and Milano-Bicocca University and supported by Fondazione Bracco, used new technology to reconstruct the artistic process that lead to the creation of some of the world’s most renowned artworks created inside the studio of Leonardo Da Vinci.
  • Facts & Stories

    Two New Earth-Like Planets Discovered

    Maria Klein(June 19, 2019)
    12 light years away, revolving around the Teegarden star, two new sister planets to Earth have been spotted. Involved in the research of this new discovery is Italian "planet hunter" Luigi Mancini.
  • Facts & Stories

    Italian Research Day in the World

    Roberta Cutillo(April 15, 2019)
    April 15, 2019 marked the second edition of Italian Research Day in the World, a recurrence established by the Ministry of Education, University and Research in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Health in correspondence with the anniversary of the birth of Leonardo da Vinci. On this occasion, President Sergio Mattarella reminded us that Italian research is a valuable asset and deserves adequate investments.
  • Facts & Stories

    Seeing the Unseeable: The First Image of a Black Hole

    Roberta Cutillo(April 10, 2019)
    The first ever picture of a black hole was revealed today, showing what scientists always believed was unseeable. This breakthrough is the result of the project Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), an international collaboration, in which Italy’s National Astrophysics Institute (INAF) and the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) participated.

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