In a paper published in the prestigious journal Communications Earth & Environment of the Nature publishing group, a team of scientists from the University of Florence and the Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources of the National Research Council of Italy (Cnr-Igg), together with other different universities from Ethiopia, France and United Kingdom has presented for the first time an extremely detailed reconstruction of the volcanic evolution of the rift valley in Ethiopia. Starting from data collected during different field campaigns and from laboratory analysis and age characterization of numerous samples of volcanic rocks, scientists have evidenced that the volcanic activity of the rift valley in the 4 million years has not been continuous in time but has evolved in a pulsatory way, with major pulses of intense explosive activity separated by periods of very minor or absent volcanism

A new study has highlighted the role of chloride flows through channels on the surface of tumor cell lines: by stopping these ion currents, their replication can be halted. The research, led by research teams from SISSA in collaboration with Cnr-Iom, the University of Trieste, University Hospital of Udine, the University of Udine and GlioGuard S.r.l. has been published in Molecular Cancer Research and featured in the Editor’s Highlights

Aptadir Therapeutics, a biotech company developing RNA inhibitor-based therapeutics for treating intractable cancers and genetic conditions, announces its launch: the basis for the company was the landmark discovery which originates from three top international institutions – the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center of the Harvard Medical School, the National Research Council of Italy and the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore

A call for the establishment of two International Joint Laboratories is open: funding will be provided for initiatives to be established between researchers from Cnr and foreign institutions, addressing the research areas of: Green Chemistry and Sustainability, Chemistry Materials for Energy. Deadline:  October 21, 2024. A Call for the establishment of International Joint Archaeological Laboratories of the Cnr is also open

On the EU Research&Innovation magazine, an article about the Polifonia portal, the EU-funded research initiative aimed at protecting and promoting Europe’s musical heritage. Coordinator of Polifonia is Valentina Presutti, senior assistant professor at University of Bologna and associate researcher at the Institute of cognitive science and technologies of Cnr

The 4th edition of the conference, organized by the Institute of structure of matter of the Cnr (Cnr-Ism), will be held in Rome: it represents an international biennial interdisciplinary forum of major experts in the field of healthcare sciences, contributing in solving challenging problems in medicine

A team of geoscientists, led by the University of Cologne, has investigated traces of the asteroid impact that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago: Cnr-Ismar researchers were part of the international panel of scientists

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

The Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems (Cnr-Imm) has received a grant by the Italian Ministry of the Enterprises and of the Made in Italy for participating to the second Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) on microelectronics and connectivity “IPCEI ME/CT”

An international research group led by the Institute for Plasma Science and Technology of the National Research Council (Cnr) in Milan has demonstrated that gamma rays produced in the deuterium-tritium nuclear reaction can provide an accurate and alternative method for measuring the power achieved in new fusion reactors. The study is the subject of two scientific articles published in Physical Review C and Physical Review Letters

The Cnr Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnology coordinated the Technical Report released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) which identifies possible actions and strategies in the fight against aquatic invasions. A comprehensive compendium to guide policymakers, fishery managers and administrators around the world