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.
Jun 04, 2020
Research offers new solutions for greener and more sustainable cities. Anthosart Green Tool, an open data tool developed by ENEA and Forum Plinianum onlus to learn about plants and design green areas, optimizing water consumption and costs while protecting biodiversity, has been indicated by the Ministry of the Environment for the Protection of the Territory and the Sea as a useful tool to facilitate an economic and sustainable management of public green spaces.
Jun 04, 2020
Microcosmo, the field simulator conceived and developed by ENEA and FOS SpA, has been allocated funding from the Autonomous Province of Bolzano for a feasibility study to be conducted at the "NOI Techpark" research center in the South Tyrolean capital. Research will develop artificial intelligence applications both in the agronomic and entomology fields. Microcosm makes it possible to grow some plants like olive, potato, tomato, lettuce and basil indoors and in extreme environments, using soil.
Jun 04, 2020
Manufacturing more effectual antitumor drugs for precision therapies, lowering costs and times thanks to an innovative R&D method, which uses 3D printing to reproduce a micro-tumor inside a highly engineered chip.
May 21, 2020
It's called “Smart Working Times. The PA among work-life balance, work enhancement and the environment " the first national survey on telework and smart working in the PA, conducted by ENEA. The investigation has regarded 29 public administrations which, even before the Coronavirus emergency, had activated and made accessible these new forms of remote work.
May 21, 2020
Training a new generation of young researchers and technicians in the nuclear field with a focus on innovation and safety is the goal of the European project ARIEL (Accelerator and Research reactor Infrastructures for Education and Learning), which will involve, for the next three years , 23 research bodies from 14 European countries, including ENEA for Italy.
May 21, 2020
Developing innovative tools for an optimal management of energy communities and encouraging the transition to a low-carbon system. This is the priority objective of eNeuron, the European Innovation Action (AI) project coordinated by ENEA which stood first in the ranking list of proposals.
May 21, 2020
Innovative start-ups engaged in developing new solutions for urban mobility can apply until May 31 for the call for the "Business Acceleration"programme launched by the EIT Urban Mobility
May 21, 2020
A new telematics tool to meet the needs of SMEs and industries of the Big Science sector during the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 07, 2020
The impact of COVID-19 on the national energy sector is reflected in consumption, prices and CO2 emissions data. These findings are reported in ENEA’s quarterly analysis of the Italian energy system, which highlights a 7% decrease vs 2019 in primary and final energy consumption during the first three months of the year, with a peak of -15% for the month of March alone. In addition, ENEA estimates a possible 20% fall for the second quarter of 2020, markedly in excess of 10% for the entire half year, both in primary and final consumption terms.
May 07, 2020
An easy-to-read database containing good practices, insights and 'science approved' guidelines to offer the world of research, businesses and consumers proper information on food safety and combat fake news during the COVID-19 emergency.
May 07, 2020
The launch of PULVIRUS, a joint research project among ENEA, the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) and the National System for Environmental Protection (SNPA, composed of ISPRA and the Regional Agencies of the National System for Environmental Protection) with the aim of providing institutions and citizens information, answers and indication on air pollution and COVID-19 based on scientific data, know-how and experience, was announced today.
May 07, 2020
Living in complete isolation with outside temperatures up to 80 degrees below zero, aware that no plane or land vehicle can reach you. This is how a team of approximately 13 researchers and logistic staff at the Italian-French station Concordia in Antarctica lives every year during the so-called "winter-over", the winter expedition of the National Research Program in Antarctica (PNRA), managed by ENEA for planning and logistic organization and by the CNR for scientific planning and coordination.
May 07, 2020
The Associazione Big Data (ABD) promotes fast access to HPC supercomputing facilities owned and managed by the members of the Association for projects that aim to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr 23, 2020
An innovative and eco-sustainable technology developed by the company R.I. (Research and Innovation) in Apulia, jointly with ENEA and other partners, has won the international tender of the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) for the construction of four hi-tech field hospitals
Apr 23, 2020
ENEA has been providing civil protection with medical devices that allow to turn snorkeling masks into ventilators for the Covid-19 emergency. At the Portici Center, researchers are using 3D printing to create the special valves patented by Isinnova Ltd, needed to adapt decathlon snoekeling masks “Easybreath” in ventilators for sub-intensive therapy.
Apr 23, 2020
A micro-garden 6000 km from Earth to grow fresh vegetables for future space missions. GREENCUBE, designed by an all-Italian scientific team, for the first time will be aboard a mini-satellite to be launched during the inaugural flight of VEGA-C, the official carrier of the European Space Agency (ESA) .
Apr 23, 2020
ENEA among the 4 research centers of the international consortium funded by the EU and coordinated by the Australian Queensland University
Apr 09, 2020
The research community engaged in tackling the coronavirus will be given free access to one of the most powerful supercomputers in Italy. CRESCO6, the infrastructure operating at the ENEA Portici Center, near Naples, can perform up to 1.4 million billion mathematical operations per second. Researchers wishing to access the computational resources on CRESCO HPC systems, can send an email to: crescoforcovid19@enea.it
Apr 09, 2020
The data of the 2nd National Report on the circular economy in Italy by ENEA and the CEN-Circular Economy Network were presented today. Bioeconomy increasingly important; greater efforts are needed to protect natural capital, particularly soil, and combat the climate crisis. Every inhabitant of the Earth uses more than 11,000 kilos of materials per year. A third quickly turns into waste and ends up mostly in landfills; only another third is still in use after just 12 months. Consumption of materials is growing at twice the rate of the world population
