ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development

The 41st Italian Antarctic Research Expedition has officially begun, involving around 200 technicians, and scientists working on projects spanning multiple disciplines — including glaciology, geology, climatology, biodiversity, and oceanography. Activities will take place at the two stations Mario Zucchelli and Concordia, and aboard the icebreaker Laura Bassi.

At Ecomondo 2025, the key event for green and circular economy, ENEA presented its new Critical Raw Materials Hub (CRM Hub), a research infrastructure dedicated to the recycling of CRMs, ecodesign, and the development of innovative materials through eco-sustainable processes.
At the Rimini Expo Centre ENEA experts also exhibited  research activities focused on producing biopackaging, biofertilizers and food supplements from brewing industry waste and by products, as well as tailored technology-transfer initiatives for companies.

A cutting-edge strategic infrastructure has been inaugurated for testing and qualifying the 26 superconducting supermagnets designed for the Divertor Tokamak Test (DTT) — the fully Italian experimental fusion reactor under construction at the ENEA Research Center in Frascati (Rome). The facility, named the Frascati Coil Cold Test Facility (FCCTF), has been specifically designed to test — under real operating conditions — the DTT magnetic system, which consists of 18 toroidal field coils, 6 central solenoid modules, and 2 poloidal coils. These are made with low-temperature superconductors that operate at liquid

A next-generation, non-invasive approach for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease — aimed at improving disease management and patients’ quality of life — has been patented by ENEA’s RED Biotechnology Laboratory, within the framework of the National Research Plan 2021–2027. The next step will be to develop a low-cost and non-invasive test.

Innovative monitoring systems and smart traps to protect fruit growing in the Lazio region (Central Italy) from pests such as the brown marmorated stink bug. These are the solutions developed by ENEA and CREA researchers as part of the Simodrofila project, which also involves Società Agricola Colle Difesa (project leader), the Foundation for the Study of Food and Nutrition (FOSAN), and several farms in the Sabina area of the province of Rome.

Confindustria and ENEA jointly presented the report “The Development of Nuclear Energy in the National Energy Mix – The Potential forthe Italian Industry”, a document outlining a strategy to reintegrate nuclear power into Italy’s energy mix in line with decarbonization, energy security, and industrial competitiveness goals. Among the main advantages of new technologies are: minimal carbon emissions throughout the entire life cycle, dispatchable production of electricity and heat, low fuel requirements, reduced waste generation, stable energy

A new generation of ocean climate models at high spatial resolution, digital twins of the ocean-atmosphere system, applications of AI and supercomputing, together with simulations of future climate under different emission scenarios, for multidecadal projections of increasing accuracy. This is what will be realized in the context of the European project MOIRAI by ENEA and 14 other European partners, coordinated by the National Technical University of Athens.