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Using public incentives for negative emissions increases economic inequality

Using public incentives for negative emissions increases economic inequality

Public incentives to finance privately owned negative emissions technologies by integrating them into a single carbon market increase economic inequality of climate policies, which could double in a 1.5°C global warming scenario. New research from Politecnico di Milano published in Nature Climate Change proposes alternatives to mitigate this effect.

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The cadmium yellow alert | Study explains the rapid deterioration of one of Juan Mirò’s favourite colours

Researchers from the Politecnico di Milano and Ca' Foscari University of Venice are part of the team unravelling the causes of the degradation of cadmium yellow, used by the Spanish painter: the presence of zinc in the crystalline matrix of the pigment, the production process and the environmental conditions in which paint was stored. The research is published in the scientific journal Heritage Sc

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Politecnico di Milano and Università di Milano-Bicocca awarded an ERC Synergy Grant on next-generation numerical methods for sustainability challenges


The international research project NEMESIS funded for almost 8 million euros by the European programme for six years. The Université de Montpellier and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique arealso involved

Milan, 26 October 2023 - Developing new-generation numerical methods for the technological challenges of the 21st century, mainly in sustainability. This is the objectiv

Quantum tunnelling experiment

Quantum tunnelling of electrons in bidimensional materials for logic gates of future optical computers

The work coordinated by Politecnico di Milano published on Nature Communications
Sustainable optical computers based on photonic logic gates with low power consumption, but also nano-scaled optical chips and novel sensors with high sensitivity: the research carried out by an international team coordinated by Politecnico di Milano in collaboration with University of Sheffield (UK) opens those ne

Flattening of a drop resting on a solid surface (top) and elongation of a hanging drop (bottom).

The shape of a drop can be controlled!

A study by Politecnico di Milano in Physical Review Letters
The ability to control the shape of a drop has been a revolutionary discovery and will soon allow us to manufacture liquid technology devices, by encapsulating one liquid in another, for applications such as the controlled release of drugs, emulsification processes and, for instance, the clean-up of liquid pollutant spills, such as oil

Combining Art with Immersive Technology, New Artcast4D Project Boosts Cultural Creative Industries in Europe.

Combining Art with Immersive Technology, New Artcast4D Project Boosts Cultural Creative Industries in Europe.

Combining art and immersive technology for people to interact with culture and unleash creativity. This is what Artcast4D, a European consortium of research, technology, culture, and media partners guided by Politecnico di Milano is developing, working with artists, cultural organisations, creative businesses, museums, city, and local authorities to develop new, immersive experiences in public spa

Dinosaur tails didn't move at supersonic speeds

Dinosaur tails didn't move at supersonic speeds

The study by the Politecnico di Milano demonstrated how the tails of long-necked dinosaurs, contrary to what previous studies claimed, could not reach supersonic speeds

A new bidimensional semiconductor shows the highest nonlinear optical efficiency over nanometer thicknesses

A new chapter for nonlinear optics

On Nature Photonics a new research that shows the unprecedented performances of an extremely thin nonlinear material

EssilorLuxottica and Politecnico di Milano launch a partnership for the smart glasses of the future

EssilorLuxottica and Politecnico di Milano launch a partnership for the smart glasses of the future

EssilorLuxottica and Politecnico di Milano signed an agreement for the first joint Smart Eyewear Lab, within the city’s soon to be Parco dei Gasometri The lab will host R&D activities for the next generation of connected glasses, combining digital technologies with bioengineering, physics of matter and AI skills The partnership provides initial investments of over 50 million Euro

Consortium of 16 international partners

Launch of I3LUNG: a HORIZON EUROPE project to implement personalised medical care based on artificial intelligence (AI) in lung cancer patients

Launch of I3LUNG: a HORIZON EUROPE project to implement personalised medical care based on artificial intelligence (AI) in lung cancer patients
The Fondazione IRCCS Istituto dei Tumori coordinates the consortium of 16 international partners, including, for Italy, the Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, the Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, the Politecnico di Milano with its spin-off M

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Politecnico di Milano is a scientific-technological university which trains engineers, architects and industrial designers.

The University has always focused on the quality and innovation of its teaching and research, developing a fruitful relationship with business and productive world by means of experimental research and technological transfer.

Research has always been linked to didactics and it is a priority commitment which has allowed Politecnico Milano to achieve high quality results at an international level as to join the university to the business world. Research constitutes a parallel path to that formed by cooperation and alliances with the industrial system.

Knowing the world in which you are going to work is a vital requirement for training students. By referring back to the needs of the industrial world and public administration, research is facilitated in following new paths and dealing with the need for constant and rapid innovation. The alliance with the industrial world, in many cases favored by Fondazione Politecnico and by consortiums to which Politecnico belong, allows the university to follow the vocation of the territories in which it operates and to be a stimulus for their development.

The challenge which is being met today projects this tradition which is strongly rooted in the territory beyond the borders of the country, in a relationship which is developing first of all at the European level with the objective of contributing to the creation of a single professional training market. Politecnico takes part in several research, sites and training projects collaborating with the most qualified European universities. Politecnico's contribution is increasingly being extended to other countries: from North America to Southeast Asia to Eastern Europe. Today the drive to internationalization sees Politecnico Milano taking part into the European and world network of leading technical universities and it offers several courses beside many which are entirely taught in English.

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