AI and Cybersecurity: strategic agreement signed in Brussels between the JRC and the CNR for a 'Trustworthy Digital Europe'

News 05/06/2026

The institutional event “AI and Cybersecurity for a Trustworthy Digital Europe: A Science for Policy Perspective", jointly organized by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission and the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), was held on June 4 in Brussels at the JRC headquarters on Rue du Champ de Mars. The occasion for the event was the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two institutions, a framework agreement aimed at strengthening scientific cooperation and promoting European policies based on solid, independent, and multidisciplinary evidence

New study highlights southeastern Sicily's potential as a Mediterranean Hub for permanent CO2 mineral storage

News 08/06/2026

A unique combination of favorable geological, logistical, and industrial conditions could make southeastern Sicily one of the Mediterranean’s leading hubs for permanent carbon dioxide (CO?) storage. That is the main conclusion of a study led by the Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources of Italy’s National Research Council (CNR-IGG), in collaboration with Carbfix and the University of Pisa, recently published in the International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

52nd Meeting of the Italian Crystallographic Association

Event 08-11/09/2026

The Meeting will be held  at the Polytechnic University of Bari, jointly organized by the Institute of Crystallography of the National Research Council of Italy (Cnr-Ic) in Bari, the Department of Earth and Geoenvironmental Sciences at the University of Bari, and the Department of Civil, Environmental, Land, Building Engineering and Chemistry of the Polytechnic University of Bari

Antarctica: 14 European laboratories involved in the most comprehensive climate archive of the last 1.2 million years

Press release 27/04/2026

The European project Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice has achieved a remarkable scientific and logistical milestone by extracting the most detailed archive of climate and environmental history from an Antarctic ice core spanning 1.2 million years. In the recent campaign, researchers recovered rock fragments and collected additional ice core sections at a critical depth. Ongoing analyses are expected to provide data crucial for understanding the Mid-Pleistocene Transition, a significant phase in Earth’s climate development. Led by the Institute of Polar Sciences at the National Research Council (CNR-ISP), this project stands as one of the most ambitious efforts in palaeoclimatology 

Sacsayhuamán emerges from the forest: new discoveries rewrite the origins of Cusco, capital of the Inca empire

Press release 28/04/2026

An international project led by the University of Warsaw, with the contribution of CNR ISPC, uses non-invasive technologies to reconstruct the earliest phases of the Inca capital

Gaia Blu Ocean Generation Academy

Institutional Area

Gaia Blu Ocean Generation Academy is a structured education program that integrates the presence of young generations as Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOP) in the operational scientific campaigns of the research vessel RV Gaia Blu. The program is born in response to one of the global challenges of the UN Ocean Decade 2021–2030 to create and grow the next generation of ocean professionals, capable of helping to build the ocean we want, each with their own specificity

The "Design Manual for Accessibility and the Inclusive Use of Cultural Heritage. From Human Functioning to the Functioning of Cultural Places"

Press note 16/03/2026

On March 10th 2026, the conference I Linguaggi dell’Accessibilità e la Fruizione Ampliata del Patrimonio Culturale (The Languages of Accessibility and the Inclusive Enjoyment of Cultural Heritage) was held at the Department of Humanities of the University of Macerata. The event aimed at offering a day of study by providing analytical insights and opportunities for reflection on the many issues connected to the enhancement and valorization of Cultural Heritage sites, especially in relation to disabilities

Science, historical memory and photography in the Centenary of the first flight over the North Pole

Press release 23/03/2026

The Italian Air Force, the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), and Prada Group will host two days of events in Rome on 13 and 14 April to celebrate the centenary of the first historic flight over the North Pole by General Umberto Nobile. To mark the occasion, the Historical Museum of the Italian Air Force will inaugurate a photographic exhibition featuring original images from Umberto Nobile’s expedition alongside contemporary works by climate artist Enzo Barracco