Dante’s Commedia is the only major work of Italian literature that, since its earliest circulation, has always been accompanied by commentaries. On the occasion of “Dantedì 2025”, the national day dedicated to Dante Alighieri, celebrated on March 25, the first digital database of ancient commentaries on the Commedia is being released and named "Corpus CoDA", curated by the University of Naples "Federico II," the Institute Opera del Vocabolario Italiano (OVI) of the CNR and Sapienza University of Rome

Cnr-Ism has established the Istituto di Struttura della Materia Prize (PRISM) to recognize the significant contribution of a researcher in the field of the study of the Structure of Matter in the last five years. Nominations are open for the 2025 edition of the PRISM award. Submission deadline: June 30th, 2025

The president of Cnr, Maria Chiara Carrozza, attended the event at the Italian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, which preceded the celebrations for the Italian Research Day in the World. More than 100 Italian researchers were present, working in universities and research centres across the United Arab Emirates

The ice cores extracted in Antarctica as part of the Beyond EPICA - Oldest Ice project, funded by the European Commission and coordinated by the Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council of Italy (Cnr), are currently en route to Europe aboard the research vessel Laura Bassi. These ice cores, extracted up to a depth of 2,800 meters, will be processed and analysed in the laboratories of the European research institutions involved in the project. They are expected to reveal crucial details about the Earth's climate and atmospheric history, dating back over 1.2 million years

A new study  published by an international team of African, American, and European researchers offers a fresh perspective on the Neolithic transition in North Africa, shedding light on the remarkable genetic and cultural continuity of forager populations in the eastern Maghreb (modern-day Tunisia and eastern Algeria). This research provides the most detailed glimpse yet into the genetic history of ancient populations in the region, revealing how local forager groups preserved their genetic identity despite the arrival of farming and associated populations from Europe and Southwest Asia

On March 10th the Italian Minister of the Environment and Energy Security, Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, visited Consorzio RFX in Padua, an internationally renowned center for nuclear fusion research. Consorzio RFX, a collaboration between CNR, ENEA, INFN, the University of Padua, and Acciaierie Venete S.p.A., is a key reference point for plasma confinement studies and the development of advanced fusion technologies for the world’s largest experiments. The Minister’s visit, along with the presence of representatives from the partner institutions, provided a valuable opportunity to share progress, discuss future challenges, and strengthen institutional support for a strategic sector that will shape the future of energy

Plenitude and Infrastrutture S.p.A., through the joint venture Hergo Renewables, have completed the construction of a new 37 MW agri-voltaic plant in the municipality of Montalto di Castro (Viterbo), Lazio. For the realization of the project, Hergo Renewables also collaborated with the National Biodiversity Future Centre (NBFC), coordinated by the National research council of Italy, with the aim of ensuring full respect for the biodiversity of the area where the plant is located

ASFA-FAO, EURASLIC, and GreyNet International have announced a joint conference to be held at CNR research area in Pisa, Italy, from May 7 to 9, 2025. The PISA 2025 conference theme is “How Scientific Communication Practices are Evolving” with a special focus on Grey Resources

The "Descartes Laboratory" seminar, organized by the Institute for the european intellectual lexicon and history of ideas (Cnr-Iliesi) and La Sapienza Department of Philosophy, is planned to engage with the most recent works on Descartes as well as on 17th-century philosophy and natural philosophy connected with Cartesianism. The Laboratory involves master and graduate students, as well as young post-doc, giving them a space for discussion

Applications are open for the "gEneSys Autumn School: Gender and Intersectional Inequalities in Energy Transition" (deadline: March 31th 2025), which will be held at the Venice International University (VIU) on October 6-10, 2025