Registrations to the fifth edition of School of Neuroethics, entitled “Emotions, language, self-control. Neurosciences, cognitive sciences, ethics and clinic of dependencies,” are now open. The School, scheduled in Trieste from 16 to 18 September, will examine the ability...
Even if we study them at school, oxidation numbers have so far eluded any rigorous quantum mechanical definition. A new SISSA study, published in Nature Physics, reverses this state of affairs by providing such a definition, based on the theory of topological quantum numbers...
Are you passionate about science communication? Come and discover the Master’s Course in Science Communication "F. Prattico" at SISSA on Monday 24 June...
The company issues the challenge and the young of SISSA respond using their talent to find solutions. This is the approach of PhD4PMI, a pilot initiative conceived and organised by SISSA in association with Confindustria of Venezia Giulia...
Summer is coming and SISSA open-air theatre is ready to host the third edition of the SISSA Summer Festival ...
On Thursday 13 June, SISSA will host the 23rd edition of the Young Neuroscientist Meeting (YNM2019), a cross-border event that gives to young researchers involved in neuroscience the opportunity to present...
SISSA is part of the Italian consortium which was assigned one of the eight European supercomputers for the creation of a network with very high computing capacity, reaching a billion of billions of operations per second...
Following years of study in the largest research centres in Japan, Europe and North America, on 21 May 2019 the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA/ISAS) announced the selection of the LiteBIRD satellite...
SISSA offers 2 fellowships in the framework of an "Advanced Training Programme" leading to a fast track PhD in connection with the Inter-University Master course in Physics...
Different regions are implicated in recognition of different foods because two components of the so-called “semantic memory”, the one that we always use to recognise the world around us, are involved...
From 5 to 9 July 2020 Trieste will be hosting the EuroScience Open Forum, the largest European meeting dedicated to scientific research and innovation. ESOF will bring together over 4,500 scientists, innovators, policymakers, journalists and educators from more than 90 countries ...
Starting from 6 pm at Caffé degli Specchi, the event will be the occasion for a critical reading of the poem, but also for exploring the literary universe of this extraordinary author, on a journey into the knowledge of Leopardi that will range from the area of human passions...
As part of UFO project, following the successful 2018 experience, SISSA hosts two artistic residencies this year...
Down there in the microworld, where the dimensions reach a millionth of a metre, in specific conditions, highly interesting things can occur whose practical applications could expand to the field of nanotechnologies...
Over the past decade, and particularly over the past five years, research at the interface of topology and neuroscience has grown remarkably fast. On Wednesday 29 May, Kathryn Hess Bellwald, mathematician of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne...
The event that brings the latest research to local pubs is back. Physics, biotechnology, ecology, marine biology, astrophysics, information technology, social networks and even history are the topics presented by researchers and students...
Both women and men are working in research organisations and higher education institutions where they take up distinct roles. At the same time, research and higher education institutions also work for people. On 20 May, Marcella Corsi of Sapienza University will show the several...
Selective, safe and with a reversible effect: they are the nanomaterials, protagonists of a new study by SISSA which has shed light on their ability to reach specific sites and affect the action of specific brain cells...
Double appointment at SISSA with Giulio Tononi, well-renown neuroscientist and psychiatrist of the University of Wisconsin, on the origin of consciousness and the use of Integrated information theory (IIT) as an attempt to explain it in a principled manner. On Wednesday 15 at 4 pm...
As fascinating as it is mysterious, dark matter is one of the greatest enigmas of astrophysics and cosmology. It is thought to account for 90% of the matter in the universe, but its existence has been demonstrated only indirectly and recently called into question. New research...
