This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the establishment of the National Group ‘Foundations and History of Chemistry’ (Gruppo Nazionale di Fondamenti e Storia della Chimica, GNFSC). On this occasion, a meeting will take place in the Academy Library on November, 16th, 2016. The Group was established on May 12th 1986, with the aim of…
DetailsThe engagement is for November 15th, 2016 when the second annual assembly of the Academy members will take place. After the welcome address of the President Emilia Chiancone at 10.30 am, the newly appointed members Carlo Barbante and Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza will give their induction talk. Carlo Barbante, professor of Analytical Chemistry at Ca’ Foscari…
Details‘The climate is changing. Food and agriculture are changing as well’ is the theme launched by FAO on the occasion of the World Food Day, on October 16th, 2016. The meeting, organized by the Academy and the Department of Biology, Agriculture and Food Sciences of the National Research Council (CNR) aims at contributing to…
DetailsThe engagement is for November 15th, 2016 when the second annual assembly of the Academy members will take place. After the welcome address of the President Emilia Chiancone at 10.30 am, the newly appointed members Carlo Barbante and Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza will give their induction talk. Carlo Barbante, professor of Analytical Chemistry at Ca’ Foscari…
DetailsThe opening ceremony of the 234th Academic Year will take place on May 5th 2016 at the seat of the Academic Library in Villa Torlonia. On this occasion, the Academy diplomas will be presented to the new Foreign Members prof. Mauro Ferrari e prof. Douglas C. Wallace and the 2016 Medals of the National Academy…
DetailsOn March 23rd, 2016 the Portal of the Roman Flora will be presented to the general public together with the new app for the identification of the city plants. The multimedia guide to the Flora of Rome allows one to identify volunteer plants by means of various research interfaces. The Guide utilizes easily observable characteristics…
DetailsLight plays a central role in human life. Light allows human beings to see each other, to see the environment where they live, to locate themselves in the universe and perceive its origin. Moreover, light is fundamental in synchronizing biological mechanisms in man. The nature of light and its interaction with matter has been and…
DetailsThe meeting ‘New techniques for the genetic improvement of plants. National and European Union policies and perspectives of agricultural innovation’ takes place on December 17th 2015 in Rome in the Library of the National Academy of Sciences (Scuderie Vecchie di Villa Torlonia, Via L. Spallanzani 1/A). The meeting is promoted by the Academy and the…
DetailsThe meeting ‘THE NATURE RESERVE OF CASTELPORZIANO …. A SMART FOREST IN FOUR DIMENSIONS. The new forest information system for the nature reserve of the Castelporziano estate’ will be held on December 15th at the Auditorium of the Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea.
The Meeting ‘Agriculture and Agrarian Research during the First World War’ will take place in Milan on December 2nd-3rd (Area della Ricerca del CNR Via A. Corti, 12) The Meeting is organized by the National Academy of Sciences in collaboration with the National Research Council, the Georgofili Academy, the University Bocconi Pristem Center, the Academy of…
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