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May 12, 2016
Public Adminstrations and private companies have at their disposal a specific tool to analyse and safely dispose of radiological and nuclear materials and radioactive substances, 30 years since the catastrofic Chernobyl disaster
May 12, 2016
From Posidonia beach-cast litter comes an ecostructure for seaside decor. A first model, developed with the collaboration of ENEA, will be on exhibit until September 12, 2016 at the XXI Triennale in Milan
May 12, 2016
SET Tool”, an easy-to-access, web-based tool, was presented during the campaign “Energy made to measure”, which schedules stops at the main Italian made manufacturing districts
Apr 28, 2016
At ENEA, molecules from tobacco plants that could provide a low-cost, effective way to manufacture vaccines and new diagnostic tools to tackle sanitary emergencies like SARS and other epidemics like the mosquito borne - disease Zika virus, have been produced. The study has been published on the international scientific journal “Frontiers in plant Science”
Apr 28, 2016
Restoring to life a 16th-century fresco using laser technologies. That’s what’s happening in a church on the outskirts of Viterbo (Italy), where ENEA researchers are using technologies derived from nuclear research - the new frontier for the conservation of artistic heritage- viewed with great interest by restorators
Apr 28, 2016
Making sustainable and energy efficient the urban fabric of Matera, awarded European Capital of Culture 2019, through interventions in the areas of mobility, technologies for energy production from alternative sources and energy efficiency. This is the objective of a Memorandum of Understanding signed by ENEA, the Consortium TRAIN and the Matera Municipality
Apr 14, 2016
Swarms of submarine robots that can “dialogue” with each other, monitor sensitive data, control temperature and salinity, study currents and coastal erosion and issue a tsunami alert. The ENEA Technology Venus Swarm, based on submarine drones inspired by fish behavior, was presented to delegates from 120 Nations at the UN Headquarters in New York during the conference “Fighting Climate Change: Sharing Italy’s Innovative Technologies” organized by the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations
Apr 14, 2016
In the framework of the ESFRI Roadmap 2016 (European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures), ENEA is to join two new research infrastructures, on cultural heritage and atmospheric phenomena, and coordinate the emerging project METROFOOD-RI on health and food.
Apr 14, 2016
The ENEA-coordinated project “A new life for Mar Piccolo”, for the environmental remediation of one of the most beautiful but polluted Italian internal sea, has begun to the benefit of tourism and sea - related economic activities
Apr 14, 2016
ENEA is hosting the international workshop on “Developing a consensus Framework for Smart City Architectures” till tomorrow. Smart cities is a growing market and a global one with significant competitiveness implications for both industry and municipalities
Mar 31, 2016
From the ENEA’s research on wastewater treatment significant savings on total energy consumption, reduced management costs and increased efficiency of purification processes in small to medium-sized water treatment plants, accounting for 80% of the total plants. And new technologies for turning a treatment plant into an energy generating asset
Mar 31, 2016
ENEA and ACEA Distribuzione are testing an innovative software allowing to predict the risk posed to energy and water infrastructures by extreme weather events such as severe rainstorms, floods and landslides. The software, called CIPCast, was developed at the ENEA Laboratory for the Analysis and Protection of Critical Infrastructures and tested in the control room of ACEA Distribution in Rome
Mar 31, 2016
A highly specialized team from ENEA has been conducting radioactivity measures possibly linked to a nuclear explosion in the region. About three months following Pyongyang’s announcement there is still no evidence proving the nuclear nature of the event detected at that time by seismometers worldwide
Mar 17, 2016
According to the renowned peer - reviewed journal “STEM CELLS”, research carried out under the project MERIT, of which ENEA is the scientific coordinator, is among the most significant in the biomedical sector in the last 30 years for the treatment, regeneration or substitution of tissues and organs lost to disease, trauma and even aging.
Mar 17, 2016
An international research network composed by ENEA, the FAO, the CNR, CREA and the IAEA will tackle phytosanitary emergencies in the Mediterranean basin and in developing countries by taking concrete actions against pests and insects in agriculture and a possible negative impact on human health. The case of urban agriculture.
Mar 17, 2016
Optical fibers, interferometers, accelerometers are just a few of the advanced anti-seismic technologies to reduce the risk from earthquakes in Italy. At ENEA a conference to take stock of the situation
Mar 17, 2016
ENEA, the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, coordinates a new € 6.9 million initiative funded by the European Commission, focusing on the cataloguing and characterisation of global potato, tomato, pepper and eggplant genetic resources.
Mar 17, 2016
UNIDO–ITPO Italy and Dr. Muhammad Alamgir Chaudhry, CEO of SMEDA, organized a study tour this month in Italy for a delegation from Pakistan to meet the major institutions and Italian companies and to evaluate future opportunities for cooperation with particular attention to the topic of renewable energies. The Pakistani delegation visited the ENEA laboratories in Casaccia (Rome).
Mar 03, 2016
ENEA-NEDO signed memorandum of understanding for the development of a demonstration converter based on a Toshiba technology
Mar 03, 2016
Among the tools deployed to fight pollution, ENEA is providing the Public Administrations with hourly maps of pollutants concentrations to assess the effectiveness and costs of anti-pollution measures. The city of Rome shows also a high degree of urban soil contamination: focus of the project Urbesoil