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Developed by Euclid Consortium, it includes 3.4 billion galaxies, each described by more than 400 physical properties, including luminosity, position, velocity and shape. Its purpose is to help the scientists interpret the Euclid telescope’s observations and study the origin of the “cosmic web” and the nature of dark energy and dark matter
The Allalobad geothermal field is a “Martian analogue”: its extreme conditions resemble those that might have existed billions of years ago on the surface of Mars. In this extraordinary and inhospitable place, a research team led by the University of Bologna is working to understand how and where to look for traces of extraterrestrial life
At the latest edition of the world championship for solar vehicles, the Onda Solare team took third place in the Cruiser Class and also received the CSIRO Innovation Award for its suspension system
The first symptoms of this rare inherited metabolic disease often appear in the gut: a joint study between the University of Bologna and APC Microbiome Ireland investigated how the accumulation of a particular metabolite, called lyso-Gb3, contributes to their development
An international study coordinated by the University of Bologna has developed a decalogue to explore the potential of AI in creative processes, its opportunities and risks, and to outline possible future scenarios
At the heart of the new ERC project BELIEFS, led by Professor Emanuele Campiglio of the University of Bologna, is the issue of business expectations regarding ecological transition policies and how these influence their investment decisions. The project aims to create a tool that can provide reliable answers, thereby ensuring a rapid and orderly decarbonisation process
The new joint project between the University of Bologna and IMA aims to design innovative technological systems for packaging, also driven by artificial intelligence technologies, capable of carrying out highly complex manipulation, gripping, and control tasks, with two key requirements: flexibility and autonomy
The great astronomer, born 400 years ago, designed and built it inside the Basilica of San Petronio: officially to confirm the accuracy of the Gregorian calendar, but in reality, to seek answers to questions that, in the Papal States of 1655, were best left unspoken
It’s called ShashGuru and it can explain chess games while they are being played. In real time, it reveals players’ strategies and the reasoning behind each move, using clear and accessible language that even non-experts can follow
As part of the PhD Storytelling Lab initiative, Marco Giacomazzi, PhD graduate in Philosophy, Science, Cognition and Semiotics, explores how the skills needed to navigate the informational disorder of the digital age are changing, between cognitive sciences and cultural studies
A team of scholars at the University of Bologna has developed an artificial intelligence system that can automatically recognise archaeological sites. Using satellite images from the CORONA espionage programme of the 1960s, it has revealed four ancient human settlements that had previously gone unnoticed by archaeologists
Fast, affordable and portable testing devices—just as reliable as molecular swabs and accessible to everyone: ECLIPSE, a European research project coordinated by the University of Bologna, is paving the way for new approaches to global health emergency prevention. The first results were presented at the R2B Exhibition
The deepest observations ever made of a galaxy cluster using low-frequency radio techniques have shed new light on the life cycle of radio galaxies, from their formation to their fading
A national initiative involving eight universities and research centres has been launched to promote Italian excellence in quantum technologies. The goal is to build a cohesive ecosystem, capable of competing internationally and aligned with the new Italian Strategy for Quantum Science and Technologies
An international research team has developed a tool that takes its cue from a series of genomic alterations to identify danger signals and the risk of developing the tumour among those with early, asymptomatic forms of the disease
A new zooarchaeogenetic study published in the journal PNAS reveals that overfishing caused by an extremely high number of tuna traps operating for centuries in the Mediterranean has left a genetic and demographic imprint on the Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), one of the world’s most iconic and exploited marine species