The fifth and final drilling campaign of the Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice project has just begun in Antarctica. At the remote field site of Little Dome C, 3,200 metres above sea level and with temperatures around –35°C, an international team of 15 scientists and logistics experts is engaged in drilling through the bedrock beneath the Antarctic ice sheet and retrieving duplicate ice samples collected during the previous season. These samples contain information on past climate conditions going back more than 1.2 million years. The project, led by the Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), is one of the most ambitious scientific undertakings in the field of palaeoclimatology 

Researchers from the Cnr-Imm in Rome and Cnr-Isof in Bologna, together with colleagues from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore (USA), have demonstrated that combining transparent nanomaterials with advanced light imaging techniques enables to explore in-vitro the native morphology of the brain cells

The award, promoted by the Istituto di Struttura della Materia (Cnr-Ism), is presented annually by an international jury to two scientists having achieved outstanding breakthroughs in the field of Science of Materials in the last 5 years. The award ceremony will take place at the Marconi Hall of the National Research Council (P.le Aldo Moro 7 in Rome), and will be broadcast live on the social media channels of Cnr-Ism on 15th december at 3:00 PM (CET)

The SISSA professor receives the 2026 Rahman Prize, the most prestigious international recognition for those who harness the power of supercomputers to uncover new laws of nature and apply them to cutting-edge technologies at the Cnr-Iom

The 2025 edition of the Arctic Circle Assembly has just concluded in Reykjavík. As the leading international gathering dedicated to Arctic issues, the Assembly annually brings together governments, research institutions, NGOs, associations, and businesses to discuss the future of one of the most fragile and strategic regions in the world. Italy played a prominent role through several institutions, including the National Research Council, which via its Institute of Polar Sciences organized the panel 'Changing Arctic Systems: Scientific Insights and Sustainable Solutions'. “Our mission is to understand these changes and translate research into action for the sustainability of the planet", said Giuliana Panieri, Director of Cnr-Isp

The European Commission is investing €5 million to launch Phortify, a Europe-wide photonics education and training network. Coordinated by Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and involving 12 partners from 7 countries - including the Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnologies of the National Research Cuoncil of Italy - the initiative aims to build a strong talent pipeline for Europe’s digital industries

From the synergy between CNR-INO and the Modica Chocolate Consortium, a  pioneering partnership brings together the approach of scientific inquiry and the time-honoured craftsmanship of master chocolatiers. Together, they explore new ways to capture and preserve fragile sensory experiences — the aroma, the texture, and the taste — transforming them into cultural assets that can be documented, safeguarded, and celebrated as part of our shared European and global heritage

The research carried out by the CNR–Institute of Structure of Matter (CNR-ISM) within the framework of the NEST – Network for Energy Sustainable Transition project has been nominated for the 2025 SMAU Innovation Award. The project explores an unprecedented frontier of renewable energy: the development of underwater photovoltaic panels based on perovskite solar cells, capable of operating even below the sea surface

Researcher coordinated by Italian CNR-IOM and from Universities of Trieste and Innsbruck, and Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, have successfully synthesized a novel crystalline phase of diboron trioxide, a new material that holds considerable potential for applications. Published in Science, the study confirms experimentally the existence of a structure previously predicted only in theor

A study conducted by Mauro Bernabei of Cnr-Ibe and Stefano Celletti, director of Parco Marturanum, reveals surprising similarities between the landscape depicted by William Turner in his unfinished painting ‘Italian Landscape’ and that of the Biedano stream, near the Devil’s Bridge in Blera. The discovery, published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage, adds another piece to the map of places that inspired the English painter