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The Pezcoller Foundation awards the Scholarship for SISSA Master course in Science Communication “Franco Prattico”

Linda Trifirò is the recipient of the scholarship awarded by the Pezcoller Foundation to the top-ranked candidate in the selection process for admission to the Master’s in Science Communication ...
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Call for applications – Camera dei Deputati & Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei Prize

Within the framework of their Collaboration Protocol, the Camera dei Deputati and the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei have established a joint programme of cultural and scientific initiatives aimed at ...
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There are 40 billion billions of Black Holes in the Universe

How many black holes are out there in the Universe? This is one of the most relevant and pressing questions in modern astrophysics and cosmology. The intriguing issue has recently been addressed by ...
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Simons Observatory’s Large Aperture Telescope Achieves First Light: A New Window on the Early Universe

The Simons Observatory (SO), a most advanced network of telescopes aimed at mapping the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) with unprecedented precision, has reached a major milestone: the Large ...
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Ammissione ai corsi di PhD della SISSA per l'Anno Accademico 2025/26 - Admission to SISSA PhD courses for the Academic Year 2025/26

Extra EU candidates are welcome to applyCheck the Information Sheets below for additional information on the examsCLICK HERE FOR ONLINE APPLICATIONSMATHEMATICS AREA - CLOSEDGeometry and Mathematical ...
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Ammissione ai corsi di PhD della SISSA per l'Anno Accademico 2026/27 - Admission to SISSA PhD courses for the Academic Year 2026/27

Extra EU candidates are welcome to applyCheck the Information Sheets below for additional information on the examsCLICK HERE FOR ONLINE APPLICATIONSMATHEMATICS AREAGeometry and Mathematical ...
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Announcement of the Dubrovin Medal Winners for 2022

The Boris Dubrovin medal was created in memory of the great mathematician Boris Anatolievich Dubrovin, Professor at SISSA from 1993 to 2019 SISSA is pleased to announce the winners of the Dubrovin ...
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Rat Vision: A Lesson for Artificial Intelligence

Rats perceive the world with a complexity that modern artificial neural networks struggle to match. This is the finding of a recent study published in the journal Patterns by the Visual Neuroscience ...
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Artificial intelligence: why its indiscriminate use is a danger to the production of knowledge

“If the difficult and demanding process of learning to think like a scientist is replaced by a simple command to ChatGPT, critical thinking, depth of analysis, and even the very skills that allow ...
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Nicola Gigli Named Among the “Highly Cited Researchers 2025”: A Prestigious Recognition for the SISSA Mathematician

SISSA mathematician Nicola Gigli is included in the list of “Highly Cited Researchers 2025,” the ranking compiled by Clarivate that identifies the most influential researchers in the world in their ...
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News from "El Gordo": study suggests dark matter may have collisional properties

Contrary to what is established by the standard model, dark matter may indeed be self-interacting. This was the conclusion of a new piece of research published in "Astronomy & Astrophysics" (A&A) and ...
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Three million euros to SISSA for precision astronomy

Enrico Barausse is one of the 4 PIs of the international consortium GWSky, awarded with 12 million euros by the European Research Council to investigate gravitational waves Existing and future ...