Cecilia Saccone and “The Code of the Living”
The fellow Cecilia Saccone presents her book "Il codice dei viventi", published by Rubettino Editore during the pandemic. A scientist who has dedicated her life to Molecular Biology, at first…
Notes of a Jesuit scientist: the travel diaries of Angelo Secchi SJ
June 8, 2023, will see the presentation in Rome of the Travel Diaries of Angelo Secchi, a distinguished member of the Academy, a multifaceted figure and one of the most interesting of the Italian nineteenth century, who has been widely remembered in recent years with a dense program of initiatives carried out by the National Committee for the bicentennial of his birth. (more…)
The Academy is pleased to welcome Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell in Rome
The meeting organized by the Academy in honor of Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Lighthouses in the Universe: celebrating Jocelyn Bell’s discovery of the Pulsars, will be held on May 31, 2023. (more…)
Inauguration of 241st Academic Year
On 24 May 2023, the Academy inaugurates the 241st Academic Year since its foundation. For the occasion, the new member Prof. Elena Cattaneo, Professor of the University of Milan and Senator for Life, will give the inaugural address on the theme “Huntington, between evolution and disease”. (more…)
City Nature Challenge 2023 Roma
This year also the entire territory of the metropolitan city of Rome, between 28 April and 1 May, will be involved in the City Nature Challenge, an international competition to document biodiversity and spread the culture of environmental protection, with the coordination of the Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL. (more…)
The Stockholm Water Prize was awarded to Andrea Rinaldo
On March 21, the Stockholm Water Prize was awarded to Andrea Rinaldo, for his studies on river networks to reduce inequalities thanks to a more equitable distribution of water. (more…)
Non-equilibrium processes and laser chemistry: from the biosphere to the cosmos. Conference in Rome
On March 29, the Academy will host the conference “Non-equilibrium processes and laser-chemistry: from biospheres to the cosmos” at the Library of the National Academy of Sciences called off the XL. (more…)
Felice Fontana (1735-1805): the census of bibliographic, archival and museum sources
The “Novum Corpus Fontanianum” project will be presented in Rovereto on 3 February 2023 at the headquarters of the Caritro Foundation. (more…)
Rita Levi-Montalcini. The frontiers of research ten years after her death.
A conference in Rome, on December 1st, organized by the Academy and the EBRI Foundation in collaboration with the Senator for Life Prof. Elena Cattaneo. Through the memory of Rita Levi-Montalcini, the meeting aims to emphasize the importance for society of supporting basic research on the brain. (more…)
Optimal transport, mathematics and more. A conference by Alessio Figalli
On November 9, 2022,the fellow prof. Alessio Figalli will hold a conference entitled "Optimal transport, mathematics and more", on the occasion of the second Assembly of Members of the National…
