Valditara: “Further sign of attention towards school managers. Concrete recognition of their daily commitment to the school" Yesterday 13 March, the hypothesis of the 2019 - 2021 CCNL of the "Education and Research" Area was signed between ARAN and the trade unions of the school management. The new contract recognizes the category of Managers […]
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The IEO – CCM Foundation assigns a leaf in the donation tree to Francesco Iannello and Monica who appear with their AUGE among large companies These are hard times for scientific research on the fight against cancer in Italy. 2022 ended with the news of the lack of funding of the National Oncology Plan which [...]
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Billions of genetic data collected in 25 research centers around the world, with the collaboration of mathematicians and bioinformaticians, would open a new avenue to fight a form of brain tumor that has shown resistance to immunotherapy. The result, published in the journal Nature Medicine, is due to research coordinated by Italians Antonio Iavarone [...]
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Eni and ENEA have signed a partnership for the launch of joint research activities in technological and scientific areas that are strategic for Eni and of potential great impact for the country such as the circular economy, alternative energy and environmental protection. The agreement (Memorandum of Understanding) between the parties was signed today in Rome at [...]
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After the departure of Merck Serono, also the US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc has decided to forgo investments in the research of new drugs for the treatment of degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. The investments made were not sufficient to obtain noteworthy results against the disease. This is why the pharmaceutical company [...]
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Robots like humans can be afraid and under stress sharpen their wits. The scientific journal Plos One reported an experiment conducted between Great Britain and Italy, at the Federico II University of Naples. By studying how, in the course of evolution, animals have learned to manage fear and to take the right steps [...]
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Rockets to 'seed' the clouds and cause rains "on demand". A group of French university students, through a start-up, is trying to contribute to the fight against malnutrition and hunger caused by water shortages. The initiative is carried out by students of the faculty of engineering of IPSA-Institut polytechnique des sciences avance'es, and by students of biotechnology [...]
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After Alessandro Volta another Italian Gianni Lisini invented a battery that lasts 20 years. The announcement was made during a trade fair dedicated to the evolution of electronic equipment, the Jotto Fair in Pisa, during which the Vogherese engineer Gianni Lisini, researcher at the Iuss-Eucentre in Pavia, presented a patent (also valid for Europe and the USA) relating to [...]
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