Thursday October 10 2024, from 18:30 to 20:30 (Local time). IIC San Francisco, 710 Sansome St, San Francisco CA. Register here. AI and Contemporary Art: Discovering Catherine Gipton. The First AI-Powered Virtual Art Curator, created by artist Alessandro Scali. A presentation with Alessandro Scali in conversation with Patricia Buffa dedicated to the...

Italian biotech Aptadir Therapeutics has launched with the promise that its pipeline of preclinical RNA inhibitors could crack intractable cancers. The Milan-based company was founded by RNA leaders Annalisa Di Ruscio, M.D., Ph.D., of Harvard Medical School's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Vittorio De Franciscis, Ph.D., of the Italian Res...

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the business world and has established itself as a stable presence in the business of enterprises. More than three-quarters (77 %) of Italian respondents to our research say they have direct experience with the new technology. Most of them use AI predominantly in their private lives (43 %), or in the work...

The Artemis program is also enriched in its lunar architecture thanks to Italy's contribution. The design proposed to build the first habitation module proposed by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) for the surface of our satellite - MPH (Multi Purpose Habitation module) - has passed another evaluation test in Washington by the NASA Board. For MPH, whi...

After 23 years in Silicon Valley, I moved back to my Valtellina (the alps of Lake Como). I did it, because I finally could. Sondrio is 99% covered by optic fiber, I work remotely, and I can go skiing in the middle of the day when the sky is blue and the snow is fresh.My life is too good. I live in nature, hike in summer with my dog, ski in winter....

It is the first magnetically controlled prosthetic hand, that allows amputees to reproduce all movements simply by thinking and to control the force applied when grasping fragile objects. No wires, no electrical connection, only magnets and muscles to control the movements of the fingers and enable everyday activities such as opening a jar, using a...

Intesa Sanpaolo is promoting an exclusive acceleration programme in Silicon Valley for 12 innovative Italian start-ups in collaboration with INNOVIT (Italian Innovation and Culture Hub) and Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center.  A journey of mutual acquaintance and full of meetings with potential investors, which took place over the past few days in S...

Italy-based polymer additives supplier Sabo announced this week the establishment of a subsidiary in Orlando, FL. Sabo International Americas joins the company’s three other locations in Europe and Asia, further reinforcing its global presence and role in the polymer additives market, the company said in a press release distributed on Sept. 4. The...

To develop the first generation of implantable microrobots that can navigate the human body in a controlled and noninvasive manner. This is the main goal of I-BOT (Implantable microroBOT), the new project of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa funded by the European Research Council (Erc) with Erc Starting Grants. The project will officially sta...

Italy is set to make a remarkable impact at GlassBuild America 2024, taking place in Dallas. The Italian Pavilion, located at Booth #51006 and beyond in the Hutchinson Convention Center, will showcase the finest in Italian glass machinery and innovation. For the seventh consecutive year, this Pavilion serves as a premier platform to highlight the e...