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The result of the research and its astrophysical implications have been published today in "The Astrophysical Journal Letters". Mario Spera, now in the SISSA scientific staff, has taken part in the study...

The first Dubrovin Medal awarding ceremony will take place on the 1 July starting from 2 pm. The ceremony will be broadcasted on SISSA YouTube Channel...

The third issue of SISSA newsletter starts is online! We have gathered eight pieces of news for you about our community. You will find information about SISSA at Trieste Next, the new Trieste Urban Center...

Applications are now welcome for the National PhD in Artificial Intelligence - Health and Life Sciences area. This training course is one of the five PhD courses which are part of the Italian National Program PhD-AI.it aimed at building a community of young and diverse AI researchers...

Two out of three surgeries postponed, more than one exam or outpatient visit out of three refered, just one in ten cancer screening performed during the first lockdown. "Pazienti dimenticati" is the data driven survey co-financed by SISSA with the contribution of writer Paolo Giordano....

Stimulation of the nervous system with neurotechnology has opened up new avenues for treating human disorders. A collaboration between SISSA, EPFL and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna has shown that optic nerve stimulation is a promising neurotechnology...

Daniele Agostinelli won the Aimeta "Meccanica dei Materiali" prize for his PhD thesis focused on mathematical models for biological motility

The structure of a biomolecule can reveal much about its functioning and interaction with the surrounding environment. The double-helical structure of DNA and its implications for the processes of transmission of genetic information form an obvious example. In a new study by SISSA...

The next SISSA colloquium will be held live on Zoom Thursday, June 10, 2021, at 4 PM, and will feature Gigliola Staffilani, Abby Rockefeller Mauze Professor at MIT.

According to the Global Ranking of Academic SubjectsSISSA mathematics area ranks in the top 75 internationally...

In a long feature on Trieste, National Geographic describes Trieste as "poised for a new era of prosperity", a city whose "revolutionaries are scientists".

The results of the second round rank first Andrea Romanino with 72 votes, in second place Raffaella Ida Rumiati with 29 votes...

David Spergel, Director of the Center for Computational Astrophysics at the Flatiron Institute in New York, future president of the Simons Foundation, will be visiting SISSA in person, between May 24th, and May 28th, 2021. A builder and leading personality for modern Cosmology, Spergel research covers all aspects of physical processes from the very early universe to the Formation of Structures...

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 jointly delivered by the Universities of Trieste and Udine...

The pandemic situation we are living in has proved how complex the processes behind science communication are. Therefore, today more than ever, it is crucial to create opportunities for gathering and debate between scholars and professionals in the sector. In this spirit,...

Record of applications, almost 1300 from 92 different countries, for the 2021 edition of the "MaX School on Advanced Materials and Molecular Modelling" with the Quantum ESPRESSO software. The school is organized by SISSA, ICTP and...

Are you empathic, generous and altruistic? In short, do you possess that specific personality trait defined as agreeableness in the language of psychologists? New research from SISSA recently published in the journal NeuroImage sheds light on...

SISSA played a crucial role in the transfer of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)'s Central Secretariat, which will be complited by the end of 2021...

May 12 is the International Women in Mathematics Day. The day is in honor of Maryam Mirzakhani, the first and only woman to win the Fields Medal. As part of the events related to this important day, SISSA Math area organizes two initiatives...

ByAxon, an EU FETOPEN funded project including SISSA Neuron Physiology and Technology Lab as one of key partners, is now on the platform of EU Innovation Radar, a European Commission initiative aiming to identify High potential innovators and innovations in EU-funded research projects...