The structure in the brain that gives the perception of time - Biotech. The brain perceives the passage of time thanks to the same structure that controls the sensation of touch. The discovery is than...
The Scientific Program Committee of the European Space Agency (ESA) has formally approved the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission, which in 2035 will launch three satellites into orbit t...
Rats' neurons inspire new computer vision systems - Biotech. Rats are able to see moving objects in a sophisticated way and much like primates, thanks to a small number of neurons that allow them to c...
The first 5 scientific images of the Euclid space telescope, presented by the European Space Agency and already considered revolutionary. They are still a test, but they contain traces of the dark mat...
Physics and Mathematics. Mathematics gives a boost to quantum computers to solve problems that not even these futuristic machines can yet overcome. In this way, helps to design new materials and molec...
There are 32 Italian research projects selected by the European Research Council, as part of the 400 total funding for 628 million euros. The winners of the call will carry out their project...
[...] Italy also collaborates with numerous universities including those of Bologna, Ferrara, Turin, Genoa, Salento and Trieste, Statale di Milano, Sapienza di Roma, Roma Tre and Roma Tor Vergata...
For the first time, the electrical signals at the base of smell have been measured, a sense still poorly understood but fundamental. [...] Coordinated by the International School for Advanced Studies ...
Euclid will travel for about a month to get to 1.5 million kilometers from Earth. [...] Italy collaborates in this mission in an important way under the guidance of the Italian Space Agency, with...
Our brain deceives us: it doesn't reflect reality faithfully, but builds it on the basis of what we saw shortly before, averaging what is happening before our eyes and what happened in the past. This ...