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Sep 17, 2020
A dramatic drop in energy consumption (-22%) occurred in the second quarter of 2020 compared to the same period of 2019. The negative peak was reached in April (-30%) in coincidence with the lockdown, while on a half-year basis there was a 14% decrease compared to the first half of 2019
Sep 17, 2020
It’s microplastic alarm in the Arctic Sea, one of the places considered most pristine on the planet. A team comprising ENEA, CNR and Sapienza researchers has found fragments of microplastics in the amphipod Gammarus setosus, a small marine crustacean widespread in the Svalbard Islands, in the Arctic Ocean.
Sep 17, 2020
The RISEN (Real-tIme on-site forenSic tracE qualification) project is a four-year research and innovation action, coordinated by ENEA, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 883116 (Fight against crime and Terrorism, topic SU-FCT02-2019 Technologies to enhance the fight against crime and terrorism, Sub-topic 1 Trace qualification).
Sep 17, 2020
A team of researchers at the ENEA Biomedical Technologies Laboratory has patented an innovative system with important effects on the treatment of medulloblastoma, a pediatric tumor. It is a pretreatment consisting of electrical impulses combined with the application of ionizing radiations, proven effective even with smaller radiation doses and without the use of medications.
Jul 30, 2020
A technical-scientific alliance to ensure the safety of Italian bridges and viaducts is born. A few days before the inauguration of the new viaduct on the Polcevera in Genoa, ENEA, the Polytechnics of Turin and Milan and the Universities of Pisa, Padua, Perugia, Camerino, Messina, Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli' and Sapienza have created the Fabre Consortium with the most qualified experts and the most advanced technologies to monitor and evaluate the state of health of the road infrastructures of our country and promote and coordinate the activities concerning the classification of the structural and environmental risk.
Jul 30, 2020
Developing a system of autonomous and biodegradable sensors for monitoring environmental parameters inside homes, schools and offices. This is the objective of the project SENSIBILE (autonomous and biodegradable sensors for environmental monitoring in buildings) that ENEA is conducting as part of its Proof of Concept program, jointly with the company PROMETE.
Jul 30, 2020
The Assobiotec-ENEA report "Biotechnology companies in Italy" has been presented, highlighting a sector on the rise with approximately 700 companies at the end of 2019. It's a sector that in the first few months of 2020 has shown all its worth and potential by responding to the health emergency caused by the spread of Sars-Cov2 and it’s increasingly becoming a key technology for a sustainable economic recovery of the country.
Jul 30, 2020
The European project VIDIS kicks off, with the objective of improving and sharing air quality monitoring techniques. ENEA is among the participants together with the Queensland University of Technology (QUT - Australia), the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU - Norway) and the Vinča Institute (Serbia) in the role of coordinator.
Jul 30, 2020
The European Researchers' Night this year includes the new project "NET" (scieNcE Together), with the objective of creating an active network among science, culture and society. The event has been a fixed appointment every last Friday of September since 2005; This year, due to the COVID-19 emergency, it will take place on Friday 27 November, but NET's preparatory events will start as early as this summer.
Jul 16, 2020
A hi-tech garden to grow micro-vegetables on the moon and in extreme environments like the poles, set up inside a special “igloo greenhouse” designed to withstand very low temperatures. But also simulated space missions thanks to advanced immersive virtual reality techniques. It’s the challenge of V-GELM (Virtual Greenhouse Experimental Lunar Module), an experimental project aimed at developing a lunar cultivation module by combining innovative hydroponic cultivation techniques with virtual experiments to ameliorate the life of astronauts in future long-term missions.
Jul 16, 2020
The European project 'Blue Deal' kicks off, with the objective of spreading "customized” technologies and solutions to exploit energy from the sea in Mediterranean countries. The project comprises 13 partners, including ENEA and University of Siena (coordinator) from Italy , Spain, Cyprus, Greece, Albania, Croatia and Malta.
Jul 16, 2020
ENEA takes action against cyanobacteria, the so-called green-blue algae, and microplastics, the two emergencies which affect lakes in Italy and throughout the world, with effects on human health, ecosystems, quality of drinking water and economic activities. The activities are part of the projects BlooWater and Blue Lakes, coordinated respectively by ENEA and Legambiente.