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Jul 02, 2020
Assessing quantity and quality of groundwater in small islands and make it immediately usable in a sustainable way by the population during droughts or in case of great tourist pressure is now possible thanks to a study conducted by ENEA in Favignana, in the Egadi archipelago in Sicily.
Jul 02, 2020
An international research team, comprising ENEA, Academy of Sciences - Institute of medicinal plants (China) and University of Buffalo (United States) has decoded the DNA of Gardenia jasminoides, a plant used in traditional Chinese medicine that produces crocins, pharmacologically important pigments also found in saffron stigmas.
Jul 02, 2020
Using "molecular farming" technologies based on plants to manufacture the latest generation of veterinary vaccines with cheaper and faster procedures. This is the objective of the international project AVIAMED (Prevention and control of avian viral diseases of the Mediterranean area with vaccines produced in plants), coordinated by ENEA and funded by the European research program ERANET Arimnet2 and by the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies. The 'green' vaccines produced in plants will allow to fight avian diseases widespread in countries bordering the Mediterranean basin.
Jul 02, 2020
Making available to policy makers, institutions and companies analyses and assessments on the economic and social impacts of a transition to a low carbon economy in areas characterized by high levels of climate-changing emissions.
Jul 02, 2020
37 members of universities, sectoral agencies, business support organizations, SMEs, interests groups and national public authorities, gathered to celebrate the first virtual BLUE DEAL Testing Lab.
Jun 18, 2020
With about 5 million euro per year of public investments in marine energy technologies, Italy ranks first among the Mediterranean countries and second in Europe, just after the UK, as shown by the first report of the European project OceanSET 2020, which analyzed investments and technological development of 11 European countries.
Jun 18, 2020
Supporting member states in establishing and improving effective policies for SMEs to undergo energy audits and implement cost-effective recommended energy-saving measures. This is the priority of LEAP4SME Linking Energy Audit Policies to enhance and support SMEs towards energy efficiency- funded under the Horizon 2020 programme.
Jun 18, 2020
The core of another ITER superconducting magnet has been completed in compliance with COVID-19 regulations, and its transport will be conducted in line with the new protocols. The massive piece of equipment departed from the ASG Superconductors factory, La Spezia, to be delivered to Marghera where it will go through the final steps of manufacturing.
Jun 18, 2020
Eco-sustainable beach furniture in line with anti-Covid19 regulations, but also research dissemination meetings, educational tours for young children and 'guidelines' to encourage using the beach, safeguard coastal ecosystems and valorise natural resources.
Jun 18, 2020
To focus on collaborative research to achieve the agrofood objectives across multiple goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda: this is the core message of the webinar recently organized by FAO and ENEA to take stock of the fallouts of the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2018 between FAO and CNR, CREA, ENEA and ISPRA. In particular, the virtual meeting allowed to share the results of the research work carried out by the visiting scientists from Africa to ENEA in the context of ENEA collaboration with TWAS (The World Academy of Sciences) and in the field of microbiome application for sustainable agri-food systems
Jun 04, 2020
From research comes a green solution to ensure safe distancing at the beach in the COVID-19 post-emergency phase. The idea is to use Posidonia oceanica, a marine plant present in large quantities on the Mediterranean shores, to create ecological safety barriers. The innovative solution - developed by ENEA in collaboration with the company Ecofibra - consists of dividing panels padded with dried Posidonia to separate umbrellas and create access paths to water, in line with current health regulations.
Jun 04, 2020
The terrible Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the strategic role of the agri-food chain and the need for it to be at the center of the economic and social agenda, both at the national and European level, as stated by the Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies Teresa Bellanova and reported in a leading article in the latest issue of the magazine ENEA Energia Ambiente e Innovazione, 'Cultivating sustainability - The great challenges for agriculture and the transformation of agri-food systems', available on the ENEA website.