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If you yawn, I yawn too: new mechanisms behind imitative behaviour revealed

A study led by scientists at the University of Bologna has uncovered new insights into how the brain regulates automatic imitation - a behaviour that underlies many complex social interactions. The findings could lead to therapeutic applications for patients with neurological impairments and social dysfunction

From Bologna to Ifakara: A University Delegation in Tanzania

Faculty and technical administrative staff embarked on an institutional visit to the St. Francis University College of Health and Allied Sciences in Ifakara, a Tanzanian city that has become a research hub focused on healthcare. The visit aimed to strengthen relationships, exchange programmes, and collaborate on the launch of a new professional master's programme in Medicine and Surgery, fostering international cooperation

University Libraries: A Staff Training Week to Address New Social Challenges

Digitisation, artificial intelligence, green revolution: these were the focal points of the international training week titled “Old and New Challenges for Librarians,” organised by the University of Bologna. The event brought together twenty-eight librarians from as many universities across nineteen countries

Brain-machine interfaces: decoding neural states for movement control

A research group at the University of Bologna has demonstrated that when we move our arms, very similar neural states are activated in three areas of the posterior parietal cortex, but with different results with respect to the accuracy of the movement target decoding process. The results could be useful for the development of prostheses in direct communication with the brain

When Sharks and Rays Call for Help

Fifteen species of elasmobranchs are in danger of extinction. To support their conservation in the Mediterranean, the EU is funding the LIFE PROMETHEUS project with 4.3 million euros, involving twenty-one partners, including the University of Bologna

A new system for creating neural interfaces

Starting with organic materials that conduct electrons and ions (OMIEC), an international team of scientists has succeeded in creating bioelectronic microfilms that, when activated by tiny electrical impulses, can wrap themselves around nerves like little bracelets

University of Bologna Awarded at QS Higher Ed Summit Europe 2024

In the latest edition of the QS World University Rankings – Europe, the University of Bologna has been ranked among the top 50 universities in Europe, climbing 30 positions in a year. This morning Vice Rector Simona Tondelli participated at the award ceremony held in Barcelona

Searching for geological hydrogen in Greenland's fjords

As part of the ERC DeepSeep project, a scientific expedition will search for traces of how natural hydrogen was formed and circulated in rocks nearly two billion years old: a possible energy source for primordial life forms, which could also prove to be a new clean energy source