Production and management of Energy; the interdisciplinary approach of ENEA to Concentrated Solar Power

Clean and efficient energy generation by environmental friendly methods and technologies is now one of the major challenges worldwide. New and heterogeneous methods to produce energy pose the challenge of how to guarantee energy security, storage of exceeding production and distribution. In addition to that, the exploitation of next generation energy sources must consider the impact it may have on other productive systems and on rural areas (e.g. solar vs agriculture, biomass vs food production). ENEA has got and follows an interdisciplinary approach to "challenge the challenge" of a sustainable energy production, merging together materials science, agronomy and biotechnology, solar energy studies, energy efficiency management and more, in collaboration with industries and often in collaboration with the other stakeholders in the Mediterranean area. This paper describes the state of the art technology and how concentrating solar power (CSP) technology could be modulated to meet different energy needs, both spatial needs (e.g. off grid use vs dispatchability) and temporal needs (day vs night and energy on demand)

Reflections on the future of research, development and innovation in Colombia

Colombia is going through a moment of historical change. After four years of formal peace negotiations and the signing of a peace agreement with the FARC in November 2016, the country is set to enter an era of increased stability. In this perspective, the Colombian government should concentrate its effort to respond to societal challenges by improving infrastructure, promoting social inclusion and a sustainable use of natural resources. However, while it is acknowledged that greater investments in science and technology could foster economic growth and development and respond to societal needs, Colombia is still lagging behind. Greater investment in science and technology with a long-term perspective should support the country’s efforts for growth and development. Furthermore, considering Colombia´s great diversity in terms of population, topography and societal needs, it appears reductive to apply a ‘one size fits all’ solution. This article presents some reflections on how strengthening the capacity of higher education institutions (HEIs) for research and internationalization and strengthening the link between knowledge, practice and policy would contribute to more and better research, development and innovation in Colombia

Pathophysiology of age-related diseases

A Symposium regarding the Pathophysiology of Successful and Unsuccessful Ageing was held in Palermo, Italy on 7-8 April 2009. Three lectures from that Symposium by G. Campisi, L. Ginaldi and F. Licastro are here summarized. Ageing is a complex process which negatively impacts on the development of various bodily systems and its ability to function. A long life in a healthy, vigorous, youthful body has always been one of humanity's greatest dreams. Thus, a better understanding of the pathophysiology of age-related diseases is urgently required to improve our understanding of maintaining good health in the elderly and to program possible therapeutic intervention

Technical Design Report EuroGammaS proposal for the ELI-NP Gamma beam System

The machine described in this document is an advanced Source of up to 20 MeV Gamma Rays based on Compton back-scattering, i.e. collision of an intense high power laser beam and a high brightness electron beam with maximum kinetic energy of about 720 MeV. Fully equipped with collimation and characterization systems, in order to generate, form and fully measure the physical characteristics of the produced Gamma Ray beam. The quality, i.e. phase space density, of the two colliding beams will be such that the emitted Gamma ray beam is characterized by energy tunability, spectral density, bandwidth, polarization, divergence and brilliance compatible with the requested performances of the ELI-NP user facility, to be built in Romania as the Nuclear Physics oriented Pillar of the European Extreme Light Infrastructure. This document illustrates the Technical Design finally produced by the EuroGammaS Collaboration, after a thorough investigation of the machine expected performances within the constraints imposed by the ELI-NP tender for the Gamma Beam System (ELI-NP-GBS), in terms of available budget, deadlines for machine completion and performance achievement, compatibility with lay-out and characteristics of the planned civil engineering

Nota Editorial. La cooperación entre la Unión Europea y América Latina y el Caribe para el crecimiento inclusivo y la reducción de las desigualdades (y el papel de la educación)

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What Ails Italy: The Competitive Issue of the Italian State American Journal of Economics, Finance and Management. Vol. 2, No. 5, 2016, pp. 49-57

Italy faces a most challenging global financial and economic crisis since the end of World War II. For an economy that grew at a rapid pace between the 1950’s and the 1980’s, Italy has seen slower growth in the last twenty years. Italian policymakers are facing a series of problems that include a contracting gross domestic product (GDP), large unemployment, especially among its young people, high government deficits, large governmental borrowing along with high interest rates, and a divisive north-south economy, to name a few. Adding to these dilemmas are its recent recessionary periods, which some liken to a depression, a decrease in domestic demand, and an exodus by highly skilled younger people for better employment prospects in other countries. Italian policymakers are trying diverse solutions to these complex problems, but are worried that they may not be enough to solve its crisis

SARS-CoV nucleocapsid and membrane proteins produced in plants as strategy for biosafety, diagnostic and therapeutic uses

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a dangerous infection with pandemic potential. No vaccines are currently licensed for SARS-CoV and important efforts have been performed during the first outbreak to develop diagnostic tools. Here we demonstrate the production in Plant of  two important antigenic determinants of the SARS-CoV.<div><br></div><div>The availability of recombinant viral  proteins from plants opens the way to further evaluation of their potential utility for the development of diagnostic and protection/therapy tools to be quickly manufactured, at low cost and with minimal risk, to face potential new highly infectious SARS-CoV outbreaks.</div

Policy Considerations on EU-Brazil Future Scientific Cooperation

The paper describes policies and tools available and how diplomacy of science could affect educational , technological and commercial , in short societal,  progresses in both the Latino American area and Europe.<br><br>The scope of this piece is double; i) to provide a sort of guide of the tools for funding shared research between the European Union and the Brazilian Federation and single member states, and ii) to discuss how the science policy outlook of both may impact science and society

The Italian Paradox in research continues (but, does it really exist?)

<b>e-letter response to the article "Plans for new research hub get critical reception"</b

Energy: International cooperation agreement between ENEA and UNIMINUTO

<p> </p> <h4><em><b>ENEA signed a collaboration agreement with the Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios (UNIMINUTO).  This is the latest of a series of initiatives aiming to boost its International relations with Latin America countries.</b></em><b></b></h4><div><em><b><br></b></em></div><div><b><i>http://www.enea.it/en/news/energy-international-cooperation-agreement-between-enea-and-uniminuto</i></b></div