Oct 11, 2018
For the first time, an Italian-led research infrastructure has been selected among the excellence in the "Health & Food" sector of the European Strategic Forum for the Research Infrastructures roadmap (ESFRI - European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures). It’s METROFOOD-RI, an ENEA-coordinated project involving over 2200 researchers from 48 of the major institutions in 18 European countries dealing with food safety, quality and traceability and the fight against sophistication and counterfeiting.
Oct 11, 2018
The first center in Europe for the security of strategic infrastructures is born today in our country, thanks to the agreement signed in Rome by the President of ENEA Federico Testa and the President of the INGV Carlo Doglioni. Called EISAC Italy (European Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Centre), it‘s the first of four centers to be set in the European Union [1] to support infrastructure operators and the Public Administration to provide continuity to essential services such as electricity and water supply, communications and transport in case of blackouts, terrorist actions, cyber attacks and extreme weather events.
Oct 11, 2018
Bronzino's "Immaculate Conception" altarpiece is back in the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Queen of Peace in Florence, after a restoration conducted with the diagnostic support of ENEA and CNR, which brought to light unpublished details of the last work of one of the most famous painters of Italian Mannerism.
Oct 11, 2018
The 2018 edition of the scientific project ENEA-University of Trieste kicks off from the Argentario, where researchers are working in the water to map the rocky coast of the Mediterranean
Sep 27, 2018
Great success for the 30th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT 2018), one of the most important international conferences in the field of fusion energy research, organized by ENEA in Italy. The event brought together over 1,000 scientists, engineers and exhibitors from all over the world and focused on the latest developments on fusion experiments and activities. The protagonist of SOFT 2018 was also the industry, with over 30 stands, 60 exhibitors and a hundred participants in the Industry Day, the information day dedicated to the opportunities provided to companies by major international projects, such as ITER and the great fusion research hub DTT (Divertor Tokamak Test)
Sep 27, 2018
More than doubled this year the ENEA's at the second edition of the Open Research Day on Friday 28th September. 5 research centers will open doors from 2.00 pm to 11.30 pm, (Portici, Trisaia, Brindisi, Casaccia, and Frascati) in the event that allows everyone to meet researchers in their laboratories. Through events, exhibitions, tours, live experiments and games, it will be possible to enter the world of science and technological innovation, led by scientists, researchers and technicians in a real "journey" among the Italian excellences.
Sep 27, 2018
"ScienzaInsieme", the first Italian scientific dissemination initiative, has officially been launched. The main Italian research institutions - ASI, CINECA, CNR, ENEA, INAF, INFN, INGV, ISPRA, Sapienza University fo Rome and Tuscia University of Viterbo will work together with the aim of promoting a kind of communication that combines scientific rigor and knowledge sharing. At the inauguration, the Presidents and Directors of the Research Institutions, the representatives of the Lazio Region, the Director of the Research Department of the MAXXI - National Museum of 21st-century Arts in Rome.
Sep 27, 2018
ENEA will participate in the Italy-China Science, Technology and Innovation Week. Promoted in Italy by the Ministry of Education, University and Research-MIUR in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation-MAECI, the initiative is coordinated by Città della Scienza in Naples, with collaboration by the National Research Council-CNR, Confindustria, the National Technology Clusters and the Italian research centers. The Italy-China Science, Technology and Innovation Week is planned in December this year to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the signature of the first intergovernmental agreement between the two countries.
Sep 13, 2018
The 30th edition of the Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT), organized by ENEA, one of the most important international conferences in nuclear fusion energy research, is to be held in Giardini Naxos, (Messina), from September 16 to September 21. For five days, approximately 950 of the world's leading scientists, over 60 industry representatives and 30 exhibitors, will meet and discuss the most significant innovations in the path to reproducing on earth the mechanisms that fuel the stars, with the aim of providing an inexhaustible, safe, clean energy source, capable of satisfying the world’s growing energy needs.
Sep 13, 2018
METROFOOD-RI, Infrastructure for Promoting Metrology in Food and Nutrition coordinated by ENEA, is one of the six new projects selected by ESFRI for the strategic potential and impact for strengthening European research, included in the new ESFRI Roadmap 2018. METROFOOD-RI aims at providing high quality metrology services in food and nutrition by proposing a distributed Research Infrastructure and filling a gap in the Health&Food domain.
Sep 13, 2018
Four research institutions with over 10 thousand researchers and 100 research centers throughout Italy. These are the numbers of the memorandum signed by FAO with ENEA, CNR, CREA and ISPRA to manage natural resources and food systems in a safe and sustainable way ENEA has signed an agreement with FAO, together with CNR, CREA and ISPRA, which provides for a broad cooperation program addressed at developing countries, concerning agricultural innovation, the fight against climate change, the development of new technologies for food quality and nutrition, land and water management and ecosystem quality
Sep 13, 2018
The prizes of the 1st edition of the “Carlotta Award”, set up by ENEA and the Italian Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL to honor the achievements of women scientists in the fields of wheat genetics and breeding, were delivered.
Sep 13, 2018
The latest issue of the ENEA quarterly review "Energy, Environment and Innovation", dedicated to decarbonisation. With over 150 pages that can be consulted online and freely downloadable, the latest issue of the magazine explores the possibility of reducing the use of fossil fuels in energy production, also with reference to national and international targets aiming at reducing climate-altering gas emissions by 2020 and 2050, bringing them to levels compatible with environmental protection.
Jul 19, 2018
In the first quarter of 2018 final energy consumption in Italy increased by 3% compared to the same period in 2017, with the civil sector recording the highest increase (+ 4.5%). In terms of energy sources, renewables returned to grow (+ 2%) thanks to the recovery in hydroelectric generation (+ 11%). This is what emerges from the ENEA quarterly analysis of the Italian energy system which highlights a rising trend in energy consumption in industry (+ 2%, in line with industrial production) and unchanged levels in transport despite growing traffic indicators.
Jul 19, 2018
“Motion magnification”, the technique capable of visually amplifying the vibrations of structures to predict the behaviour of buildings in case of earthquake, was tested for the first time in the world on cultural heritage in Italy, at the ENEA Research Center.
Jul 19, 2018
Eni and ENEA have signed a partnership to start research in strategic scientific and technological areas which have considerable potential impact for the Country, including circular economy, renewable energy sources, decarbonisation, and environmental protection. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Chairman of ENEA, Federico Testa, and the CEO of Eni, Claudio Descalzi, at the Agency’s headquarters in Rome today.
Jul 19, 2018
At the start the European project ANTICSS - Anti-Circumvention of Standards for Better Market Surveillance - for new anti-counterfeiting procedures, aimed at ensuring the veracity of the declarations on energy efficiency and functional performances from manufacturers of household appliances. Of the 19 EU partners, three are Italian.
Jul 19, 2018
ENEA presents the first "Microcosm" for growing plants indoors and in extreme environments at the 48th Giffoni Film Festival. The presentation will take place on July 25th during the Green Masterclass of the well-known international film festival for young people (also known since 2009 as the Giffoni Experience), which takes place from July 20-28 at Giffoni Valle Piana, in the Salerno province. Dedicated to the environment, new technologies, recycling and energy saving, the Green Masterclass, which will also be attended by the President of ENEA Federico Testa, provides for the participation of young people aged 18 to 25 years.
Jul 05, 2018
Thanks to the so-called ecobonus, Italian families have invested over 3.7 billion euro in 2017 achieving about 420 thousand energy requalification measures, saving over 1,300 GWh / year. Furthermore, about 2 million tons of oil equivalent (Mtep) was saved from the emission of 5.8 million Energy Savings Certificates, the so-called White Certificates, of which 62% in the industry and 31% in the civil sector.
Jul 05, 2018
ENEA has patented an innovative and low-cost biotechnological process for producing crocins, the red pigments of saffron flowers, in large quantities and with high levels of purity. Used historically as dyes for painting and as food ingredients, crocins also have antioxidant properties and protective functions against some degenerative diseases of the retina and certain types of cancer.
