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University
First and Second cycle degree programmes
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Innovation and Research
When stars are no longer born: the challenge of the new ERC Red Cardinal project
Led by Sirio Belli, a researcher at the University of Bologna's Department of Physics and Astronomy "Augusto Righi", the frontier research project funded by the European Research Council will use observations from the James Webb Space Telescope to shed light on a still mysterious phase in the history of the Universe

Meetings and Initiatives
THE MAGIC OF GLASS - CONFERENCE
The MAGIC OF GLASS Symposium, on the occasion of the International Year of Glass 2022 (IYOG2022) proclaimed by the United Nations, will be held at the Bologna Academy of Sciences on 16 December 2022.

Innovation and Research
Some stars age at a different rate
Some White Dwarf stars retain a thin layer of hydrogen that allows them to produce energy for a longer period of time and thus extend the final stage of their life. The discovery was made by a research team led by scientists from the University of Bologna and the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF)