The chromosome geographer A public meeting with biologist Thomas Cremer at SISSA
Learning about dark matter Professor Salucci will be holding one of the MOOCs on iVersity
Correcting emotional misunderstandings We may make mistakes interpreting the emotions of others
Peter Higgs: a well deserved Nobel prize SISSA congratulates the physicist, whom it assigned a PhD honoris causa
Thomas Cremer Wednesday 23 October at 2.30 pm Main Lecture Hall, SISSA Among the most interesting discoveries in recent decades, the one that cellular DNA does not appear as a shapeless tangle, but rather is arranged into discrete "geographic" territories may be considered truly revolutionary. The first to suggest these chromosome...read more
The MOOCs (Massive Online Open Courses) on Iversity, the online platform offering free university courses, is available starting from 15th October. Among the teachers also Paolo Salucci, an astrophysicist of the International School for Advanced Studies of Trieste. ...read more
It so happens that we interpret other people's emotions based on our own and thus sometimes make mistakes. Luckily our brain is equipped with correction devices: scientists at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, have identified the area where this mechanism should be located. ...read more
The Nobel prize in the field of Physics was awarded to Peter Higgs and François Englert, the physicists who theorized the existence of the well-known Boson, the particle whose field gives mass to some fundamental particles across the Universe. The International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) at Trieste, who only a few weeks...read more
SISSA goes sailing/ The School took part in the 45th edition of Barcolana A singular boat and team for SISSA, the International School for Advanced Studies of Trieste. Seven students and one professor onboard "Le Renard", an award for the science dissemination activity carried out throughout the year, but also the opportunity to showcase the School's new merchandising. ... read more
The order of words/ The structure of language influences learning There are words that convey a meaning, like verbs, nouns or adjectives, and others, like articles or conjunctions that sustain them, providing a structure for the sentence. A few years ago some scientists of the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) of Trieste, together with collaborators from other Universities, showed... read more