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...
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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...
New research conducted in the Cognitive Neuroscience group of SISSA shows that a perceptual decision – recognizing an object and taking the appropriate action – is triggered as soon as the brain’s processing networks...
The Master in High Performance Computing (MHPC) is now accepting applications for its 6th Edition (2019-2020), that will start on 9 September 2019 in Trieste. MHPC is hosted and organized by SISSA and ICTP - The “Abdus Salam” International Center for Theoretical Physics, in collaboration with CNR/IOM (Istituto Officina dei Materiali of the Italian National Research Council) ...
Nanoparticles which thanks to a flash of infrared light are able to release electrical signals or specific active molecules to the nerve cells to which they are attached. This brand new project, coordinated by SISSA professor Laura Ballerini with researcher Denis Scaini...
Gravity is the research focus of Enrico Barausse, physicist and former SISSA PhD student, who has just come back to Trieste with an ERC worth 2 million Euro. The project, entitled “GRavity from Astrophysical to Microscopic Scales - GRAMS” aims ...
The decision-making processes of healthy subjects with sub-clinical psychotic episodes are altered in a way that is similar to what happens in subjects with schizophrenia. This is the key result of a study conducted by the Neuroscience and Society Laboratory...
“The results speak for themselves. That of SISSA in the area of PRIN 2017 funding is a huge success, receiving funding for more than one out of every three projects presented. This percentage of achievement is much higher than the national average". This is how Professor Stefano Ruffo, Director of SISSA...
Not only books. The 2019 edition of the initiative organized by SISSA Master's Course in Science Communication "Franco Prattico" is intended to be a Science and Media Festival ...
What happens in our brain when we listen to the rhythmic pace of a song or when, at the traffic light, the light is red and we are trembling awaiting the green? How do we perceive such an abstract feature of the world? For the first time in humans...
With great sadness we announce the passing of Boris Dubrovin after a long illness. SISSA and the scientific community at large have lost an extraordinary mathematical physicist, a great colleague, and friend...
Supercomputers, cryptography, precision sensors are on the research horizon for a new international centre of excellence that will be inaugurated on Monday 25 March in Trieste. The Institute aims at becoming an international reference point for training and research...
It is known that there are important similarities between the visual system of primates and the artificial neural networks of the latest generation. Now we know how that these similarities exist also with the visual system of rats ...
How does the brain work? What happens in pathological conditions like aphasia, depression or dementia? These are just some of the questions that researchers will try to answer during the Brain Awareness Week...
Our brain comprises 85 billion nerve cells and just as many so-called glial cells, which work in close contact with the former to guarantee their proper function. All originate from brain stem cells. But what decides when and how many of them become neurons or glial cells?...
The campaign asks everyone to save energy by switching off as many non-essential electrical devices as possible. Fully embracing the philosophy of the initiative, these days SISSA has been carrying out...
The prize is awarded to an early career scientist who has made outstanding research contributions to an area of statistical physics nonlinear physics, complex systems, or complex networks, as evidenced by a top quality and highly cited paper...
Promises of food, sums of money or entertaining pastimes: it does not matter what the temptation is, a new study shows that patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease who are treated with Deep Brain Stimulation...