Academy member Umberto Mosco received the Board of Trustees' Award of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute as recognition for his continuing excellence in research and scholarship. Mosco pursued groundbreaking research in…
The Rendiconti dell’Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL – Memorie di Scienze Fisiche e Naturali have been presented on May, 7, 2015 on the occasion of the opening ceremony of the 233rd academic year. The Rendiconti are published every year; they collect memoirs of Academy members or by researchers presented by members as well as proceedings and study encounters. The first volume was published in 1782. (more…)
The event proposes a first public analysis of the themes that will be dealt with in the international conference foreseen for October 14th at Palazzo Italia. (more…)
On May 7th, 2015, the 233rd academic year of the Academy of the XL will be opened. During the ceremony, the new members Paolo De Bernardis (Astrophysics), Andrea Rinaldo (Hydraulic Engineering), Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza (Forest Science), Margherita Venturi (Chemistry) will be awarded the academic diploma. (more…)
The Phoenix represents – ever since the foundation in 1782 – the Italian Society, later named Italian Society of Sciences called Academy of the XL and thereafter National Academy of Sciences called Academy of the XL. (more…)
Rome, February 12th, 2015 – 10 am – Library of the National Academy of Sciences called of the XL – Scuderie Vecchie di Villa Torlonia – Via L. Spallanzani 1/A (more…)
On the occasion of the centenary of the Great World War, the conference proposes a survey on the special characteristics acquired during the conflict by scientific research in relation to military requirements and to the industrial and civil deployment. (more…)
A study day organized by the National Group of Fundamentals and History of Chemistry in collaboration with the National Academy of Sciences called of the XL on the occasion of…
Three encounters at Villa Torlonia: on October 7th, prof. Ervedo Giordano, emeritus of Tuscia University, will guide the public to the discovery of ancient trees and to the privileged relationship they have always had with man; on October 21st, prof. Valerio Sbordoni of the University Roma Tor Vergata will talk about the feelings butterflies have about plants, while dr. Alberta Campitelli, director of the Villas and Historical Parks of the Capital will describe the landscape of Villa Torlonia from a historical-artistic viewpoint. (more…)
The meeting on ‘The Management of the Italian Natural Science Collections’ will take place in Rome on October 14th, 2014. The Meeting, promoted by the National Academy of Sciences and the National Association of Scientific Museums, aims at starting a debate on possible solutions that could lead to a more efficient management and a better valorization of the Italian natural science collections, nowadays in precarious conditions. (more…)
