The fourth campaign of the Beyond EPICA - Oldest Ice project has begun in Antarctica. An international team of 16 scientists and logistics personnel continues drilling at the remote Little Dome C site, situated at an altitude of 3,200 meters with average summer temperatures of -35°C. The aim is to extract a 2,750-meter-deep ice core from the Antarctic ice sheet. Coordinated by the Institute of Polar Sciences of the Italian National Research Council, the project seeks to reconstruct climate and atmospheric history, thus gaining insights into glacial periods and addressing one of climate science’s most complex mysteries

Researchers at Cnr are developing stabilized reverse micelles—tiny "shuttles" designed to protect drugs and safely transport them to the brain, overcoming body's biological barriers. Funded by Italy's Ministry of University and Research (MUR), the "Remedy" (Stabilized Reversed Micelles for Brain Delivery of Hydrophilic Drugs) project opens up new strategies for treating diseases that have long been challenging to address. The project, launched in June, is coordinated by Marco Cecchini from the Istituto nanoscienze (Cnr Nano). It brings together expertise from the Istituto di neuroscienze (Cnr In) and the Istituto di fisiologia clinica (Cnr Ifc)

Researchers from five European countries have come together under the "NutriEV" project, a research initiative aimed at exploring extracellular vesicles (EVs) as potential superfoods, biosensors, and therapeutic tools. The project will study nutrient-enriched extracellular vesicles (nutriEVs) derived from plants and from raw and fermented foods, with a focus on addressing global issues such as obesity and metabolic disorders. The project is coordinated by the University of Oulu in Finland, in collaboration with the National Council of Research of Italy (Cnr), the Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany, the University of Copenhagen in Denmark

An article published on Science Advances presents a simple and innovative method to create new materials that combine the extraordinary properties of single metal atoms with the robustness, flexibility, and versatility of graphene. The work is the result of an international collaboration between researchers from Cnr - Istituto Officina dei Materiali, University of Trieste, University of Milano Bicocca, and University of Vienna

A book by Cnr-Isafom, recently edited By Cnr Edizioni, describes how to monitor and predict the growth and development of forest ecosystems by employing a bio-geochemical, bio-physical process-based model

At the conclusion of the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, cultural heritage (both intangible and tangible) was included in the United Nations Fund for Loss and Damage. The CNR (National Research Council) has been actively engaged in these highly relevant issues for several years and contributes to the important global topic of the impacts of climate change on tangible cultural heritage through two projects: "Heracles" (HORIZON 2020, 2016-2019) and "GreenHeritage" (HORIZON Europe, 2022-2025), both coordinated by the Cnr through the Institute for the Study of Nanostructured Materials (Cnr-Ismn) and the Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies (Cnr-Irpps)

Canada and Italy announce the creation of the Joint Advisory Group (JAG) on Artificial Intelligence, marking a milestone in cooperation between the two countries in the field of science, technology, and innovation (STI). The group will be co-chaired by Mona Nemer, Chief Scientific Advisor of Canada, and Maria Chiara Carrozza, President of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)

The "Descartes Laboratory" seminar, organized by the Institute for the european intellectual lexicon and history of ideas (Cnr-Iliesi) and La Sapienza Department of Philosophy, is planned to engage with the most recent works on Descartes as well as on 17th-century philosophy and natural philosophy connected with Cartesianism. The Laboratory involves master and graduate students, as well as young post-doc, giving them a space for discussion