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Open Physics Hub newsletter n. 6

Open Physics Hub newsletter n. 6

OPH promotes excellence and innovation in all Department activities: higher education teaching, frontier scientific research, technology transfer, science outreach, international academic relations.

Latest news

Monday 24 April 2023: the Administration will be closed (Reception: open)

On Friday 7 April 2023 the DIFA offices will close at 2 pm.

Research areas

Research areas

A journey through the areas, projects and research groups where new knowledge is born and developed. Discover the research and scientific innovation activities of the department’s researchers.

News

March 8th, International Women's Day

March 8th, International Women's Day

To the scientists who paved the way, to those who are walking it and to those who will show us new horizons. Thank you.

Eventi Unibo
GenerAzioni: research and the city

University

GenerAzioni: research and the city

From 2 March, in the Salaborsa Library, PhD students will be tackling some of the most significant social, environmental and cultural challenges of our time. Take part in the cycle of five events

Magazine Unibo
The 2022-27 Strategic Plan website is now online

University

The 2022-27 Strategic Plan website is now online

The place to go to understand the goals and share the progress of the Plan

Marjane Satrapi attends the inauguration of the University of Bologna’s 2022/2023 academic year

University

Marjane Satrapi attends the inauguration of the University of Bologna’s 2022/2023 academic year

The Iranian artist and intellectual will be the guest of honour at the ceremony to be held on Monday, 20 February in the Santa Lucia Great Hall.

2nd call for tutoring contracts for DIFA laboratory activities

Innovation and Research

2nd call for tutoring contracts for DIFA laboratory activities

AFORM "Science" Educational Services Sector - 2nd Call for tutoring contracts for laboratory activities Dip. DIFA (2nd cycle and extensive) A.Y. 2022/23

Sandra Sabattini Award

Innovation and Research

Sandra Sabattini Award

Assignment of two scholarships to female graduate students at the University of Bologna, in all its locations

FIRE is born: the innovative dosimeter for radiotherapy control

Innovation and Research

FIRE is born: the innovative dosimeter for radiotherapy control

Scholars have developed a flexible and economical proton detector that will be able to maximize the effects of radiotherapy, precisely monitoring radiation doses released on tumor cells.

Climate change amplified the great drought of 2022

Innovation and Research

Climate change amplified the great drought of 2022

By comparing atmospheric observations in the period between 1836 and 2021, scholars have shown how global warming contributed to increasing the intensity of the phenomenon