Press releases

The 2nd edition of the project “Innovation for Change” kicksoff today at CERN.
50 young talents will apply advanced technologies to create innovative startups that can help tackle global social needs around “Food & Health” issues

A study conducted at the Politecnico di Torino (Italy) in close collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) and published by “Nature Communications” journal shows an innovative way to improve the performance of desalination membranes. In the future, membranes for reverse osmosis manufactured with these novel criteria could desalinate seawater with significantly reduced costs

An interdisciplinary research from the Politecnico di Torino and the Università di Torino has been published on Scientific Reports – a prestigious journal of the Nature group – which is one of the most important in the international ranking of multidisciplinary journals. (http://www.nature.com/articles/srep28635 -“Transient cerebral hypoperfusion and hypertensive events during atrial fibrillation: a plausible mechanism for cognitive impairment”).

John Elkann (Agnelli Foundation), Fabiola Gianotti (CERN), Marco Gilli (Politecnico di Torino) and Francesco Profumo (SAFM) reward the business ideas developed by 50 young people, applying already available technologies to better use natural resources and respond to planet needs. The best idea wins 50.000 euros offered by the Agnelli Foundation in promoting the creation of a true Start up.

The Department of Architecture and Design at Politecnico di Torino won the Interreg Europe call with the RETRACE project promoting the adoption of a Systemic Approach for the creation of development plans based on “Circular Economy”

A research from the Politecnico di Torino, published on the prestigious journal Physical Review E, explaines the wave dispersion in fluids, with possible applications from hydraulic micro-systems design to meteorology

Prof. Enrico Magli from Politecnico di Torino has been awarded of an ERC Proof of Concept grant by the European Union to develop the project “ToothPic”, aiming at tracking the origin of every picture posted on the web: a tool against illegal and criminal use of pictures online

50 young talents will apply advanced technology to help finding solutions for social needs

The Second Level Master in Industrial Automation from the Politecnico di Torino, organized together with Comau and Prima Industrie, with funding by Regione Piemonte, is ready to start with its fifth edition.