Conference “Chaining: a long history” – Prof. Michel Talagrand
On Monday, July 15th, at 11 a.m., at the Academic Library, Scuderie Vecchie di Villa Torlonia, Via L. Spallanzani 1/A, Prof. Michel Talagrand (Académie des Sciences, Paris) will give a…
Carlo Barbante receives the Minister of Culture Prize for Geosciences from the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
On 20 June 2024, the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei awarded Carlo Barbante, Professor of Analytical Chemistry at Ca' Foscari University and former Director of the Institute of Polar Sciences at…
Opening Ceremony of the 242nd Academic Year
On May 23, 2024, the Academy of XL will inaugurate the 242nd Academic Year since its founding. On this occasion, the President will welcome the newly elected national members, Prof.…
Instabilities in geophysical fluids
Instability phenomena are recognized as an important feature of the study of fluid dynamics. In recent years, the case of geophysical fluids, covering a wide range going from oceanography to…
The decarbonization on trasportation – Colloquia dei XL
The transportation system is responsible for about a quarter of globalCO2 emissions, so the decarbonization of this sector is crucial in the fight against climate change. Different aspects of this…
Quantum mechanics is intuitive, outside of classical modeling! – Colloquia dei XL
In this not at all technical seminar, we would like to show that false quantum paradoxes, considered as a trace of the nonintuitiveness of quantum mechanics, arise precisely when quantum…
A multi-dimensional intellectual: Vito Volterra between science, history and politics – Colloquia dei XL
Vito Volterra was an intellectual fascinated by reality. This aspect of his personality stands out in his contributions of a scientific nature because of his attention to applications; in his…
Evolution of plant breeding: from crosses to direct genome modifications – Conference in memory of Prof. Luigi Maria Monti
The progress achieved by agriculture, in the last century, is in large part due to the availability of more productive plants thanks to the activity of genetic improvement, a technology…
Regenerative agriculture. Soil health for sustainable intensification
The expression regenerative agriculture, much used in the early 1980s of the last century and then abandoned, is back on the agenda today, as it has been revived by the…
Tensile cracking exceeding shear wave velocity. Colloquia dei XL
The existence of fractures with velocities even higher than that of shear waves is demonstrated with numerical simulations. They can even reach that of longitudinal waves. The mechanism is that…
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