Sustainability: Challenges and Solutions
The course “Sustainability: Challenges and Solutions” promoted by the STARS Alliance within the Studium Generale programme of UNIBZ is starting.
Optimising sample preparation for strontium isotopic analysis: A new study by Eco Research
Sample preparation in the laboratory is a crucial step preceding instrumental analysis and can significantly influence the quality of the final results. In research, analytical methods are continuously refined to ensure the highest data quality, but this often involves time-consuming procedures and a high consumption of materials, such as the single-use application of resin in solid-phase chromatographic separations.
Cold Rocky Landforms: rock aggregates that prove essential for the protection of mountain biodiversity
Due to climate change, cold aquatic environments in high mountains, such as glacier springs, are rapidly shrinking. However, certain landforms called cold rocky landforms (CRLs), can help protect these environments and their biodiversity.
Conservation soft box and other tailor-made solutions for archaeological finds
Archaeological finds are important traces of the past that, beyond their ancient allure, represent an invaluable cultural heritage rich in essential information for researchers. However, they can be irreparably damaged over time, even in places where they should be safe, such as within museums. Several factors – including humidity, temperature, chemical substances and microorganisms – can cause irreversible damage, making it essential to adopt innovative strategies for their proper preservation.
Microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: from measurement protocols to removal efficiency
Microplastics are an emerging pollutant whose spread in the environment poses a serious risk to human health and ecosystems. Despite the increasing number of studies on this topic, updates to current regulations and the implementation of effective solutions to limit their dispersion are still under discussion.
POPs Day 2025 – InterCinD Annual Meeting in Bari
The POPs Day 2025, organized by InterCinD, took place on June 5, 2025, in Bari as the annual appointment dedicated to participating laboratories and all stakeholders interested in the issues related to environmental micropollutants.
Climate plan Alto Adige 2040: project DICAM
Durata progetto: 2024-2026
Finanziamento: Programma FESR 2021/2027 – Secondo Bando – priorità 1 Smart – obiettivo specifico 1.1 – Ricerca e innovazione
Budget complessivo: 921.941,72 € …
Science in Depth: An educational and scientific alliance in the territory
SiD – Science in Depth is the project selected and supported by the Fondo per la Repubblica Digitale Impresa sociale which, together with a dense network of partners wishes to open new perspectives on learning, teaching, and the use of STEAM subjects.
A path that has its roots in learning in depth (LID) to encourage students to explore, through creative and multidisciplinary research, the different facets of the scientific world needs a big team behind it.
Is it really Regiokorn bread? Strontium isotopes can tell us
The growing interest in local and high-quality products makes it increasingly necessary to have scientific tools capable of verifying their authenticity and protecting both consumers and producers from fraud. As demonstrated by previous studies, the strontium isotopic ratio is a very promising marker of origin, as it reflects the geo-lithological signature of the region where agri-food products originate. While tracing the origin of raw or semi-processed materials can be relatively straightforward, verifying the authenticity of processed products, such as bread, is far more complex.
Eco Research at the 2nd IMaSS Enviro Day 2025 in Bologna
On April 15, 2025, the second edition of the IMaSS Enviro Day – Mass Spectrometry for the Environment took place at the CNR headquarters in Bologna, a day fully dedicated to the applications of mass spectrometry in environmental studies.