Among over 40 submissions, six projects were selected as winners, including the IIT start-up (more…)
Among over 40 submissions, six projects were selected as winners, including the IIT start-up (more…)
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LifeTech
A rechargeable battery made from food
It has been realized at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia and supported by European Research Council’s grant (more…)
Early diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases will pass through RNA
The correlation between small RNA molecules and aging-related brain diseases has been described on EMBO Reports (more…)
Nanotechnologies
Green techniques and 3D electron diffraction for new MOF
Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are porous crystalline materials whose structure resembles a scaffold of beams around a large empty space; this…
DYNAMO: a new generation of scientists and hybrid nanopore technologies
A training network among 9 world-leading academic and industrial groups in Europe and coordinated by IIT, to educate 11 PhD…
Robotics
International recognition to the IIT for its outstanding contribution to humanoid robotics aimed at reducing workers' health injuries
The IEEE-RAS Technical Committee on Whole-Body Control awarded the Artificial and Mechanical Intelligence (AMI) Unit, headed by Daniele Pucci at…
Robotics and the Sense of Self in humans
In a review paper published recently in Science Robotics a cognitive roboticist, cognitive psychologist and a psychiatrist discuss the concept…
Computational Sciences
NRRP: National Supercomputing Centre
IIT leader for AI and Big Data for health (more…)
Interview with the Sicilian scientist Michele Parrinello
Another international recognition for the revolutionary “Car – Parrinello” method (more…)
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