SISS Award to Emilia Chiancone

Emilia Chiancone premiata dalla Società Italiana di Storia della Scienza

Emilia Chiancone was assigned the 2015 lifetime achievement award of the Italian Society for the History of Science (Società Italiana di Storia della Scienza, SISS). (more…)

New techniques for the genetic improvement of plants

The 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). (more…)

Geology of the Alps

The meeting ‘Geology of the Alps’ is organized jointly by the Academy and the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti to honor Academy member prof. Giorgio V. Dal Piaz and prof. Francesco P. Sassi, two internationally recognized experts of alpine crystalline basements from both the geology and the petrology viewpoint. (more…)