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PROJECTS

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PATENTS

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NETWORKS AND ASSOCIATIONS

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Highlights

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Open Science and Open Access videos

The University of Bologna for Open Science and Open Access videos aim at promoting and supporting the process of developing an open, transparent, and shared science.

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Writing. The great invention and the undeciphered scripts

Research of excellence at the University of Bologna: studies conducted by professoressa Silvia Ferrara and his research group specialized in the study undeciphered writing systems. Watch the video.

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A prototype machine for super-filter material production

Nanofibers with a high electrostatic charge and super-efficient in filtering out viruses and bacteria.

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Titan is moving away from Saturn at a hundred times faster than we thought

This discovery was made thanks to the data from the Cassini-Huygens mission and challenges the common hypotheses about the Saturn's evolution, which were thought to be true until now. This discovery also confirms a new theory which could now be applied to the study of other moons and planets.

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Increasingly efficient serological tests thanks to a study led by researchers at the University of Bologna

An innovative electrochemiluminescence-based technique (ECL) for quicker, more cost-effective and more ultra-sensitive serological tests, even for SARS-CoV-2.

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Solar geoengineering to cool the earth? Human intervention on climate can cause life-threatening consequences

According to a paper published on PNAS, the unilateral application of climate engineering could start a “geoengineering war” between nations with conflicting interests, worsening inequalities on a global scale.

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The earliest evidence of Italians' extraordinary genetic diversity dates back to the end of the last glacial period

A group of scientists manages to go back in time in retracing Italians' genetic history.

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