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

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

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)

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 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

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 

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

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

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