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Assembling Ancient Rome: Teams from the Universities of Pisa, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, and CNR-ICCOM reveal the secrets of Roman architects and sculptors

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Carried out in collaboration with the National Roman Museum, thanks to PRIN (Projects of Relevant National Interest) funding, the research investigates the technologies and materials used to assemble, secure, and restore statues and other marble works in ancient Rome. The investigation is made possible by the exceptionally diverse collections held at the National Roman Museum’s […]

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CNR-ICCOM Social Media

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CNR-ICCOM promotes the dissemination of its scientific activities, excellent results, event organization and other news on various social networks with official accounts: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cnr-iccom/ X (ex-Twitter): https://x.com/CNRICCOM_Social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnr_iccom/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cnr-iccom.bsky.social Everyone is invited to visit our accounts and interact, using the following tags: Linkedin: @CNR-ICCOM X/twitter: @CNRICCOM_Social Bluesky: @cnr-iccom Instagram: cnr_iccom For more information, send […]

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SCI Ugo Croatto Medal 2025 awarded to Dr. M. Peruzzini

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Since 2008, the Board of Directors of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society (SCI) has established this symbolic recognition, awarded annually to one or more members who have significantly contributed to the Division’s activities and to enhancing the image of the Division and Italian Inorganic Chemistry. The award, which consists of a […]

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Light Communication: Towards a New Generation of Wireless Optical Networks

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The National Research Council of Italy (CNR), in collaboration with the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, the LENS Laboratory, and the Universities of Florence and Pisa, has developed an innovative wireless communication system based on visible light communication (VLC). The system leverages commercial white LEDs and luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs). The results, published in Scientific Reports and Advanced Optical Materials, […]

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COLOURS and LUCE Projects Presented on TGR Leonardo

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The results of the COLOURS project (Tuscany Region – POR FESR 2014–2020) and the LUCE project (MUR – PRIN 2022 Projects) were featured in a report by TGR Leonardo. Both projects, carried out in collaboration with the University of Pisa, the University of Naples Federico II, Scorpio srl, I&S srl, and Cicci Research srl, focus […]

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Processes Best Paper Award 2025 assigned to a publication of LEaF-Lab laboratory

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The Light-to-Energy and Fuels Laboratory (LEaF Lab) from the Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds (CNR-ICCOM), Sesto Fiorentino (FI) site, was awarded by MDPI journal, Processes, for the paper “Exploring Different Designs in Thieno[3,4-b]pyrazine-Based Dyes to Enhance Divergent Optical Properties in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells” (https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9717/11/5/1542) by Franchi, Dessì et al. The paper has been selected […]

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Galileo and the birth of Gregorian calendar

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In a recent publication contained in the Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference (Padua, 5-8 September 2023) and in a volume of the Academy of Sciences and Letters la Colombaria of Florence dedicated to Copernicus, Francesco Vizza, Senior Associate Researcher, former Director of CNR-ICCOM and scholar of the Gregorian calendar, connects the Gregorian calendar with […]

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Dedicated to Doriana Scittarelli

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D. Scittarelli, S. Coiai, F. Cicogna, S. Legnaioli, M. Dell’Angela, A. Verdini, R. Costantini, M. Serrano-Ruiz, E. Passaglia, M. Caporali, Chem. Eur. J. 2024, e202403570. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202403570 This paper is dedicated to Doriana Doriana, who passed away in June 2022, earned her master’s degree in Chemistry in 2020. Her thesis, completed at ICCOM in Pisa, focused […]

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