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It is a unique case of the vitrification of cerebral organic material, found in the skull of an ancient Herculaneum victim of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 a.C. To give an answer on how it could have happened an Italian-German team of researchers led by the vulcanologist Guido Giordano of the Department of Science…

The WINTERTIME project brings UHTCMC materials to the International Space Station (ISS) for ageing tests lasting 12–18 months. NASA’s SpaceX 31st commercial resupply mission, carrying the UHTCMC materials designed and developed by CNR-ISSMC researchers during the C3HARME project, was successfully completed. On November 4, 2024, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying over 2,700 kilograms of supplies…

On February 11th, we celebrated the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a special occasion to recognize and highlight the fundamental role of women in scientific progress. We would like to extend our gratitude to the extraordinary researchers at the Institute of Science, Technology, and Sustainability for the Development of Ceramic Materials, who,…

February 14th 2025, Faenza, Italy   The workshop was held on February 14th 2025 in the beautiful venue of the International Museum of Ceramics (MIC) in Faenza. The aim of the workshop was to review the key results of the research in the design and development of environmentally friendly geopolymer based adsorbents as a stimulating…

Last week, research fellows Noemi Ravaglia and Lorenzo Apolloni from the Cell Material BIOLab at ISSMC-CNR attended the VI School of Nanomedicine in Florence, organized by CNR and the University of Florence. The event provided an excellent opportunity for learning and networking with scientists and principal investigators working in the field of nanomedicine. Additionally, they…

Federica Mancini, a PhD student at ISSMC, attended the national congress of the Italian Biomaterials Society, held in Faenza from July 8 to 10, 2024, and won one of the awards for the best oral presentation. She gave an oral presentation entitled “Fluorescent Carbon Dots from Food Industry By-Products,” where she discussed data collected within…

We are very pleased to announce that our post-doctoral Marie Curie Fellow, Irini Furxhi, has won the award for Best Oral Presentation at Materials Week 2024, the leading scientific conference in Europe promoting the Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) approach to the design of advanced materials and chemicals. Irini presented the ASINA project roadmap (https://www.asina-project.eu/), coordinated by ISSMC…

When advanced ceramics meet art. Visit to the studio of the Faenza artist Antonella Cimatti, where new creations obtained using advanced ceramic materials, in particular substrates of sintered alumina. The tapes were obtained through tape casting process then sintered and cut into appropriate shapes and sizes by laser system in order to create the various…

MOSacta2024 – “Mosaics, Arts, Conservation, Technology and Archaeometry”                                        Pietramontecorvino (FG) – Italy, May 9-10th 2024. Multidisciplinary International Workshop on ancient and contemporary mosaic organized by CNR-ISSMC in collaboration with the Municipality of Pietramontecorvino (FG), Istituto Religioso…

ISSMC CNR will be the host institution of the Annual Meeting of the Italian Society for Biomaterials (SIB2024), which will be held at the Museo Internazionale della Ceramica from 8 to 10 July 2024.   CONFERENCE CHAIRS: Simone Sprio, Anna Tampieri – ISSMC-CNR   Flyer of SIB2024 with tentative programme: SIB2024_Flyer Printable version: SIB2024_Flyer_leaflet Click…

September, 20-23, 2022. The 32nd Symposium and Annual Meeting of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine will be held in Venice, Mestre (Italy) VENICE MESTRE, Italy, September 20-23, 2022 Join Bioceramics32 CONFERENCE CHAIR: Anna Tampieri, ISTEC-CNR CO-CHAIRS: Simone Sprio, Monica Sandri, Corrado Piconi Bioceramics32, the 32nd Symposium and Annual Meeting of ISCM, will be held in…

100 years of ceramics from the pyramids to the space station     APRIL 13, FROM 18:00 TO 20:00 Come and discover the world of ceramics and its frontiers, accompanied by the researchers of CNR ISSMC. A unique opportunity to learn about the history of ceramic materials and their secrets, up to the latest technologies…