They are in the shape of a tadpole and interact with each other by harpooning between head and tail, thus presenting interesting and unexpected physical properties. Tadpoles are the large molecules at the centre of the new research just published in the journal ACS Macro Letters...
In the smartphone era a population can be immune to epidemics even if not a single one of its members is immune to the disease — a notion that can be called "digital herd immunity". On Wednesday 13 May 2020 at 4 pm, Shivaji Sondhi of Princeton University...
It works like a very fine “molecular knob” able to modulate the electrical activity of the neurons of our cerebral cortex, crucial to the functioning of our brain. Its name is Foxg1, it is a gene, and its unprecedented role is the focus on the discovery...
Enrolments are now open for the seventh edition of the Master's Degree Course in High Performance Computing (MHPC) co-organized by the Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA) and the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)...
The data science revolution is finally enabling the development of large-scale data-driven models that provide real- or near-real-time forecasts and risk analysis for infectious disease threats. On Wednesday 6 May 2020 at 3 pm Alex Vespignani of Northeastern University...
Thanks to the great effort made in these weeks by all the people involved in a demanding reorganization, whom we wish to thank, we announce the gradual restart of the School's activities at Sissa from May 4th...
COVID-19 outbreak in Italy imposed an overwhelming workload as well as emotional burdens on healthcare professionals fighting the epidemic with the consequent activation of different support services. SISSA is launching a new survey aimed at analysing...
Loss of the sense of smell and taste, symptoms often reported by patients with COVID-19. For this to happen remains a mystery to scientists. If you have or have had a respiratory disease, cold, flu or COVID-19 fill in this questionnaire at the link gcchemosensr.org...
There is an ongoing public debate about mobile apps for contact tracing. Unfortunately, the most important questions are often absent. On Friday 24 April at 2 pm, Luca Ferretti of the Big Data Institute in Oxford...
"If students can no longer visit SISSA, then we have to bring SISSA to them, thanks to the enthusiasm of the researchers, a bit of technology and a lot of inventiveness to make the appointment fun and exciting...
Moments ago, with the new decree by the President of the Council of Ministers on the 10th of April 2020, all provisions regarding quarantine and movement restriction from previous decrees, including the ordinances from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Transports, are extended until May 3rd.
According to a new ordinance signed on 3 April 2020 by the president of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, the use of face masks or personal protective devices covering the nose and the mouth and single use plastic gloves is mandatory in markets...
In an open letter, Accademia dei Lincei urges other European Academies to act in the spirit of solidarity and argues for a european public investment policy to face the crisis
Number of tests, number of patients admitted, fraction of those tested positive in hospital: what are the data that give us a real picture of the situation of the epidemic? Can forecasts based simply on number of people testing positive really allow us to make adequate forecasts? Never before has data played such a central role in our lives as at this time: knowing how to read them properly and interpreting them correctly by identifying the parameters to be considered is fundamental.
In recent weeks, many women who have been subjected to domestic violence are being forced to remain in their families and thus to be in direct contact with their torturers, at great risk for their health and safety. Call number 1522, free and active 24 hours a day, to ask for help
The need for information on coronavirus infection is growing. A new statement - promoted by the structures in charge of preserving knowledge, libraries, and addressed to Publishers - aims to sustain these fundamental process through an easier access to data, sources and research...
On Sunday 22 March, additional measures were introduced for thecontainment and management of the COVID-19 epidemiological emergency, applicable throughout the national territory.
EuroScience and the Fondazione Internazionale Trieste announced that the 2020 edition of the EuroScience Open Forum will be rescheduled to take place from 2 to 6 September in Trieste ...
How is it possible that, as recently observed, supermassive black holes were already present when the Universe was “just” 800 million years old? Thanks to an original model theorized by SISSA's scientists, a new study proposes a very fast formation process...
Massimiliano Fedriga, President of the Regione of Friuli Venezia Giulia, has announced that new measures will be taken in order to limit the spreading of COVID 19 infection. The new strategies of containment include the closure of all shops and commercial activities on Sunday ...
