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On October 20 2022, the first Italian Culture and Innovation Hub - INNOV.IT, which integrates the Italian Cultural Institute, Agenzia ICE's foreign investment attraction and innovation desks and the new Innovation Center, opened in San Francisco on October 2022: an initiative promoted by our Embassy in Washington and the Consulate General in San Fr...

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The iCub robot advanced teleoperation system enabled humans to visit remotely Venice staying 300 kilometers away; Alter Ego robot met and shook hands with TV stars, journalists and several people thanks to the operator that controlled it at distance. The two robots, the two research teams at IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of...

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Total investments at 527 million euros in Q3 2022 and over 1.5 billion in the first nine months of the year, a sum that already far exceeds investments for the whole of 2021. The number of rounds in Q3 2022 (58) is in line with the previous quarter (62) and brings the total recorded in the first 9 months of the year to 197. Fintech is the sector wi...

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Mississippi State University and Italy’s University of Salento leaders are celebrating new collaborations aimed at utilizing smart technologies to advance sustainable agriculture. MSU Provost and Executive Vice President David Shaw and University of Salento Rector Fabio Pollice signed a memorandum of understanding this week in Italy promoting oppor...

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John F. DiPersio, MD, PhD, the Virginia E. and Sam J. Golman Endowed Professor of Oncology and director of the Division of Oncology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is being recognized by the American Italian Cancer Foundation with the 2022 Prize for Scientific Excellence in Medicine. DiPersio, who also serves as deputy dir...

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While looking for a solution to climate change today, recent research has revealed that ancient Naples could have solved the problem. Researchers are looking into how the region's ancient streams might provide refuge from intense heat as the planet warms. Established as Cool City Project, Italian and American design students and architects collabor...

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Rome plans to offer travelers the chance to bypass its famously crippling traffic by flying in air taxis directly from the city center. The goal is to have the service up and running in 2024, ahead of a year-long Vatican celebration the following year known as Jubilee. A ride from the central Termini rail station, where the air taxi terminal could...

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Within the framework of the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Italy and the U.S.A, the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs has published a notice for the collection of joint project proposals for the purpose of renewing of the Joint Declaration on Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Italy and the United Sta...

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In what’s turning out to be the week of the Italians, Milan-based mobile payment network Satispay has announced the raise of €320 million in a Series D round, at a valuation north of €1 billion. The round was led by former Tiger Global Partner Lee Fixel’s fund, Addition, and saw the participation of existing investors Greyhound Capital, Coatue, Lig...

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Italy researchers have built the first hydrogen powered house in Europe. The energy crisis and climate change are forcing European institutions to find ways to reduce their use of fossil fuels and slash carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Researchers at the University of Sannio, in southern Italy, have come up with one solution hitting both targets. To...

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