The Future of Cultural Heritage Takes the Stage in Siena: from 8 to 12 September 2025, Palazzo San Niccolò at the University of Siena will become a global showcase of innovation: Digital Heritage Expo 2025 arrives, with over 500 m² dedicated to technologies transforming the way we experience culture. The initiative is supported by University of Siena, CNR-ISPC and Archeovirtual, with the contribution of Fujifilm

The 10th Annual ICSA Conference and the 2nd Phaedon Institute SenoTherapeutics Summit will take place from September 16-19, 2025, at the National Research Council (CNR) in Rome. ICSA is a global, non-profit scientific society that promotes research into the mechanisms and consequences of cellular senescence — a fundamental biological process linked to aging and age-related diseases

At the 20th International Conference on Internal Friction and Mechanical Spectroscopy (ICIFMS-20), held in Lausanne from July 7–10, 2025, two Zener Medals were awarded: one to Francesco Cordero of Cnr-Ism, head of the AnelSpec laboratory, and one to André Riviere

As part of the APhRICA program (Advanced Physics tRaining and Collaboration with Africa), the first workshop dedicated to Density Functional Theory (DFT) was held in Nairobi from June 30 to July 11. Promoted by CNR-ISM, the event was organized within the framework of the “Physics Without Frontiers” program of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). The workshop took place at the Technical University of Kenya (TU-K) and was attended by students from ICTP-EAIFR in Kigali as well as from other African universities

The IPROMO (International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain Areas) Summer School, in its 18th edition, addressed the topic of glaciers and their conservation in the current global change scenario, following the auspices of the “United Nations International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation”. The course, organized by FAO – Mountain Partnership, University of Torino, University of Tuscia, and National Research Council of Italy, was held in the “Centro Studi Alpino” in Pieve Tesino (Trento) and in the town of Ormea (Cuneo), attended 27 participants

A research published on Energy & Environmental Materials has shown that perovskite solar cells can operate efficiently even in aquatic environments, paving the way for innovative underwater energy technologies. The study is the result of a collaboration between the National Research Council of Italy, the University of Rome Tor Vergata and BeDimensional SPA

An international collaboration which involved research teams from Italy, Norway, Sweden and USA has reconstructed the hunting mechanisms of orcas, identifying roles and techniques. The study, published in Current Biology, used drone footage to analyse the behaviour of orcas

A team of researchers of Cnr-Ism has developed a new method to accurately simulate X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) spectra, a powerful technique used to analyze the chemical composition of materials at the atomic level

For the first time in history, two quantum photonic chips developed by the Italian National Research Council of Italy have been launched into space. This milestone was achieved thanks to an international collaboration involving the Cnt Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies, the University of Vienna, the Technische Universität München, the German Aerospace Center and other European partners