Panama and Italy sign scientific cooperation agreement

Press note 03/02/2025

The agreement was signed by Dr. Eduardo Ortega Barría, from Senacyt, and Prof. Maria Chiara Carrozza, president of the National Research Council of Italy

The gut-brain connection in Alzheimer's unveiled with X-rays

Press release 03/02/2025

Scientists led by the Institute of Nanotechnology  of the National Research Council of Italy, in collaboration with the ESRF, the European Synchrotron in Grenoble, France, have discovered how X-ray micro- and nano- tomography can provide clues on the processes that link the gut neurons with those in the brain and may trigger Alzheimer’s. The results are published in Science Advances

The new "nano-oscillator" that explores the boundary between classical and quantum physics

Press release 29/01/2025

An article published in the scientific journal Optica describes the development of a new experimental device that explores the boundary between classical and quantum physics, allowing the simultaneous observation and investigation of phenomena from both worlds. The instrument was developed in Florence and is the result of collaboration within the extended partnership of the National Quantum Science and Technology Institute (NQSTI), involving the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Florence, the National Institute of Optics of the National Research Council of Italy (Cnr-Ino), as well as the European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy (LENS) and the Florence branch of the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN)

Antarctica: Historic Drilling Campaign reaches more than 1.2-Million-Year-Old Ice

Press release 09/01/2025

The fourth Antarctic campaign of the “Beyond EPICA - Oldest Ice” project, funded by the European Commission, has achieved a historic milestone for climate science. An international team of scientists successfully drilled a 2,800-meter-long ice core, reaching the bedrock beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. These ice samples are expected to unveil, for the first time, critical details about Earth's climate and atmospheric history, extending beyond 800,000 years ago and showing a continuous record of the history of our climate as far back as 1.2 million years, and probably beyond. Coordinated by the Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council of Italy (Cnr-Isp), the project aims to resolve one of climate science's most complex mysteries

gEneSys Autumn School: Gender and Intersectional Inequalities in Energy Transition

News 16/01/2025

Applications are open for the "gEneSys Autumn School: Gender and Intersectional Inequalities in Energy Transition" (deadline: March 31th 2025), which will be held at the Venice International University (VIU) on October 6-10, 2025

Call for contribution for the 31 EAA Annual Meeting - Session "Voices of the past, hands of the present. Collaborative pathways in archaeology and heritage interpretation"

News 08/01/2025

The 31st European Association of Archaeologists Annual Meeting will take place in Belgrade on 3-6 September 2025: a call for contribution is open for the session "Voices of the past, hands of the present. Collaborative pathways in archaeology and heritage interpretation", co-organized by Cnr-Iriss and aimed at aims exploring innovative methodologies and frameworks for participatory archaeology, focusing on case studies where community involvement has enriched both archaeological practice and heritage interpretation. The call for contribution is open until February 6th, 2025

Call for papers for the 37th AESOP International Conference: Planning as a Transformative Action in an Age of Planetary Crisis

News 17/12/2024

In continuity with the activities developed within the AESOP and consistently with the role of Gabriella Esposito and Stefania Ragozino as members of the Association’s Advisory Board and scientific coordinators of the Thematic Group on “Public Spaces and Urban Cultures” (respectively from 2015-2019 and 2021-2023), the Institute for Research on Innovation and Services for Development (Cnr-Iriss) is glad to announce the 37th AESOP Congress Planning as a Transformative Action in an Age of Planetary Crisis (Instanbul, 7-11 July 2025)

CNR and Carbfix partner to advance Mineral Carbon Capture Technologies and Energy Transition

Press release 18/11/2024

The National Research Council of Italy and Carbfix, a world leader in Carbon Capture and Mineral Storage (CCMS) technology, have signed a Strategic Agreement to promote innovative research into cutting-edge technologies that can mitigate climate change and support a sustainable energy future

The first European Centre of Excellence in Croatia: FER and partners establishing CoE MARBLE third national meeting of Spoke6

News 16/12/2024

The headquarters of the Centre of Excellence in Maritime Robotics and Technologies will be located at the premises of the Brodarski institut, with test sites in Rijeka and Šibenik. The centre is funded under the prestigious European Union program Horizon Europe Teaming! “CoE MARBLE - Centre of Excellence in Maritime Robotics and Technologies for Sustainable Blue Economy” coordinated by the University of Zagreb: the  National Research Council of Italy is amongst the partners with the Institute of marine engineering 

G6 Statement on the Future of European Research and Innovation

News 18/12/2024

The G6 Network, the group that brings together the six major European research institutions, at the end of the presidency of the Cnr, published a joint statement addressed mainly to the European Commission. The statement intends to represent a strong common appeal in view of the start of the discussion on the tenth framework program for European research

Descartes Laboratory 2024-2025

Event from 07/10/2024 to 16/05/2025

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