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21 March 2013

The Planck satellite, launched in 2009 by ESA (the European Space Agency) examines the origin of the Universe: after almost three years the data regarding the first fifteen months of observations have finally been published, describing a Universe that is still in its "child" phase. Besides numerous international agencies, also three Trieste institutes take part in the initiative: the International School of Advanced Studies, Osservatorio Astronomico of Trieste (INAF) and Università di Trieste.

22 marzo, ore 16 
NH Hotel - Corso Cavour 7, Trieste

La presenza di vita "estrema" sulla Terra fa pensare che questa possa sopravvivere anche nelle dure condizioni dello spazio interplanetario. Di ricerca di vita extraterrestre si è parlato in una conferenza pubblica organizzata dal Master in comunicazione della Scienza di Trieste, con Mauro Messerotti e Giovanni Caprara.

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Sergio Doplicher

March 20th at 2.30 pm 

SISSA, Main Lecture Hall

Quantum mechanics has shown to man the limits of rational thought and in the same way as other great scientific revolutions has changed his role within Nature. A theme that has been addressed on March 20th by Sergio Doplicher in a public conference held at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) of Trieste.

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18 marzo 2013, ore 17.30 
Sala Baroncini delle Assicurazioni Generali
Via Trento 8, Trieste 

Lunedì 18, Stefano Canali della Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati di Trieste (SISSA) ha presentato un libro che racconta la storia della ricerca scientifica sull'anemia mediterranea e le altre talassemie.

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March 12, 2013

At the International School for Advanced Studies of Trieste (SISSA) researchers are studying the way to produce in an economical way a molecule that imitates (and improves) the photosynthesis of plants. It will be used to create solar cells that produce "renewable" fuel respectful of the environment.

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Il giorno 4 marzo 2013, Città della Scienza il museo interattivo di Napoli, il più grande del nostro Paese, in una sola notte è stato distrutto da un incendio, di probabile origine dolosa. È una perdita enorme per la vita culturale della citta di Napoli e dell'Italia intera. Il Direttore della SISSA, Guido Martinelli esprime la solidarietà della Scuola per Città della Scienza, augurando una rapida ricostruzione del Museo.

June 26th, 2013 - from 2.00 to 5.00 pm

With this wokshop participants will learn the essentials of communicating complex science concepts through their writing. The course will be conducted by the renowned, award-winning journalist and former Guardian science editor Tim Radford. The workshop is designed for all those interested in becoming a science journalist at the international level. Workshop length is three hours. Maximum course size is 40.

Held on: Wednesday 26 June 2013

March 6, 2013

«Happy Birthday to all the students and to all those who have been working for the School and have given their contribution to our past and present achievements and who will undoubtedly keep on contributing to our future success as well»

The Director, Guido Martinelli

«Tanti auguri a tutti gli studenti e a tutti quelli che lavorano per la Scuola ed hanno contributo ai nostri successi passati e presenti e certamente contribuiranno a quelli futuri»

Il Direttore, Guido Martinelli

Venerdi 8 marzo 2013, ore 11.30 
SISSA - Aula 132

Bruno Pontecorvo: un fisico straordinario e un personaggio stravagante la cui storia personale ripercorre da vicino quella altrettanto travagliata dell'Europa del secolo scorso, tra i drammi della Seconda guerra mondiale e il pantano della Guerra fredda. Nato in Italia, ha lavorato poi a lungo in Francia e infine in Russia, sua patria adottiva. Proprio l'esperienza italiana, fondamentale nel suo percorso di scienziato, è stato argomento di una conferenza pubblica venerdì 8 marzo alla SISSA di Trieste.

March 5, 2013

Cristian Micheletti, a scientist of the International School for Advanced Studies of Trieste (SISSA), has published in Physics of Life Reviews a review on an innovative instrument for protein analysis, a method for which Micheletti and his research team are a reference point for the international scientific community.

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March 4, 2013 

It's called FRIDa and it's the new image database created at the International School for Advanced Studies of Trieste to carry out research on eating behaviors and choices. It is a tool accessible to all and published in the review Human Frontiers in Neuroscience that will be very useful to the international community of scientists who study food-related issues.

28 febbraio, ore 17.30 
SISSA - Aula 128  

Giovedì 28 febbraio il Laboratorio Interdisciplinare per le Scienze Naturali e Umanistiche della SISSA ha invitato il pubblico al quarto degli appuntamenti legati al mondo della fotografia vista come un ponte tra arte e scienza. Il titolo di questo nuovo incontro è stato "Fotografia oltre la fotografia" ed è stato tenuto da Andrea Tomicich.

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Frans Pretorius

February 27th, 2:30 p.m.

SISSA - Main Lecture Hall 

The equations of General Relativity have been solved only in very simple cases. Frans Pretorius of Princeton University held at SISSA a public conference to illustrate the innovative method he has employed to obtain solutions of Einstein's General Relativity in realistic problems for modern astrophysics like, for instance, the collision of black holes.

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The DNA tends to become entangled, yet according to a research carried out by Cristian Micheletti of the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) of Trieste and by Enzo Orlandini of Università di Padova, it is possible to obtain knot-free filaments by having them pass through a nano-channel. The research is now one of the "hot papers" in the Soft Matter review and is now accessible free of charge for a four week period.

La Conferenza dei Rettori delle Università italiane (CRUI) e i tre rettori delle università del Friuli Venezia Giulia hanno lanciato un appello ai candidati premier chiedendo un impegno pubblico per salvare il sistema universitario italiano.

The call for the Master in Complex Actions (MCA) of SISSA, the International School for Advanced Studies in Trieste, is now open. The course, which aims at integrating scientific thought with the practices of public and private organizations, has now reached its third edition and will feature this year two important new elements: the focus will be on Energy and the destination of the study trip will be Saudi Arabia.

Applications must be received by Tuesday, April 2nd 2013 at 12.00 (Rome time).

June 17-21, 2013 - SISSA

Hilbert schemes of points are a traditional field of interest for algebraic geometers. Work by Nakajima and others established a relation between their geometry and the representation theory of Heisenberg-Clifford algebras.

More recent research connected Hilbert schemes with other infinite-dimensional algebras, such as Cherednik algebras, quantum Heisenberg algebras, Kac-Moody algebras, and so on. This conference aimed at providing an updated survey of the state of the art in this area of research in its various aspects.

A few years ago it was found that certain proteins, the prions, when defective are dangerous, as they are involved in neurodegenerative syndromes such as the Creutzfeldt-Jakob and the Alzheimer diseases. But now research is showing their good side, too: when performing well, prions may be crucial in the development of the brain during childhood, as observed by a study carried out by a team of neuroscientists at SISSA which appeared in the Journal of Neuroscience.

La scuola media Guido Corsi e la Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), nell'ambito del "Progetto teatro", il 26 febbraio 2013 alle ore 11.00 per le scuole cittadine e alle ore 17 per il pubblico, hanno presentato l'opera teatrale di Bertolt Brecht "Vita di Galileo".

Sul palco dell'Aula Magna della SISSA ragazzi e scienziati hanno dato vita a una specialissima versione della famosa opera che celebra la libertà del pensiero scientifico.

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Studying the molecular mechanisms of olfaction and understanding why certain proteins useful for the tactile system are also found in olfactive neurons. These are the aims of Simone Pifferi, a researcher at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) who has just earned the Marie Curie Career Integration Grant, a European scholarship that will enable him to pursue his studies in Italy.