Andrea Ghira, a former PhD student at the University of Genoa, has been awarded the INFN “Sergio Fubini” Prize, presented by the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) to outstanding PhD theses in theoretical physics. Andrea obtained his PhD in Physics and Nanosciences at the University of Genoa with the thesis Fragmentation and Jet Substructure in Heavy Flavour Processes, under the supervision of Simone Marzani and Giovanni Ridolfi.
In August DIFI will observe the following opening hours:
- Monday 3 to Friday 7: early closure at 2:30 p.m.
- Monday 10 to Friday 14: closed
- Monday 17 to Friday 21: early closure at 2:30 p.m.
- Monday 24 to Friday 28: early closure at 2:30 p.m.
Dario Ferraro, Fabio Cavaliere, and Maura Sassetti from the Department of Physics of the University of Genoa, in collaboration with colleagues Marco Genoni from the University of Milan and Giuliano Benenti from the University of Insubria, have published a review and perspective article in the journal Nature Reviews Physics.
The work, entitled “Opportunities and challenges of quantum batteries”, presents an overview of quantum batteries:
innovative nanodevices that exploit the properties of quantum mechanics to overcome the limits of traditional approaches
to energy storage.
The HOLMES experiment demonstrates the validity of an approach that uses calorimetric measurement of the electron capture decay of 163-Ho, placing a stringent upper limit on the mass of the electron neutrino. The work carried out by the Low Temperature Detector Group of the Department of Physics (Dott. L. Ferrari Barusso, Prof. F. Gatti) and INFN (Dott. M. De Gerone) in Genoa, in collaboration with P. Manfrinetti of DCCI, the University and INFN of Milan Bicocca, the NIST and University of Colorado - Boulder group, was published in Physical Review Letters on 3 October 2025.
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General theory for packing icosahedral shells into multi-component aggregates
Nicolò Canestrari, Diana Nelli and Riccardo Ferrando
In a recent article published in Physical Review Letters (https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.197001), Riccardo Grazi, Daniel Sacco Shaikh, Maura Sassetti, Niccolò Traverso Ziani, and Dario Ferraro, all belonging to the Physics Department of the University of Genova, have theoretically shown a connection between the zero temperature properties of complex quantum systems and their ability to store energy.
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Applications are open for the Genoa selection of FameLab Italia, the international competition for young researchers with communication skills, which will take place in Genoa on May 7th and 8th, 2024. The selection is organized by the National Research Council, University of Genoa, Italian Institute of Technology, INFN Section of Genoa, Festival della Scienza Association, RAISE, Genoa Aquarium, G. Doria Natural History Museum, Museo di Storia Naturale G. Doria, Associazione Didattica Museale, and Associazione Dottorandi Italiani, Scientificast.
Art & Science across Italy is a project by the National Institute for Nuclear Physics and CERN, also funded by the European Community and MIUR, aimed at promoting scientific culture among young boys and girls, combining the languages of art and science: two instruments of knowledge among the highest expressions of human creativity.
Where and When
Aula Magna, Department of Physics, Via Dodecaneso, 33
On March 15th, the School of MFN Sciences, together with DISTAV and DIFI, is organizing a day of discussion on the topic of gender-based violence.
On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Circuito Cinema Scuole, INAF, and DIFI are organizing an event for secondary schools in Genoa on Friday, February 9th. At the Cinema Ariston in Genoa, the film "Hidden Figures" will be screened, followed by a debate featuring students, researchers, and professors from DIFI:
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The School of MFN Sciences is excited to announce the third edition of the Christmas Lecture, an extraordinary opportunity to explore the outcomes of 40 years of research in inorganic chemistry. Professor Gianfranco Pacchioni from the Department of Materials Science at the University of Milano-Bicocca will be the keynote speaker at the event, scheduled for Monday, December 18, 2023, at 4:00 PM, in the Aula Magna at via Balbi 5.
On November 21, 50 high school students from 7 schools in Liguria will delve into the mysteries of cosmic rays in Genoa. Organized with the support of the University of Genoa and the Genoa Section of INFN, the event is part of the International Cosmic Day (ICD).
Never before has a telescope, whether space or ground-based, been able to create such sharp astronomical images over such a large area of sky and to look so far into the distant Universe. The role of our country was decisive, with contributions from the Italian Space Agency, INAF, INFN and several Italian universities.
Credits: ESA
ESA will release the first color images of the cosmos captured by the recently launched space telescope Euclid.
Watch the live broadcast of the revelation on Tuesday, November 7th, at 2:15 PM: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/ESA_Web_TV
On November 14, 2023, the University of Genoa will confer an Honorary Doctorate in Physics upon Prof. Stefan Hell, a renowned Nobel Laureate in Chemistry in 2014.
The event will take place in the captivating Aula Magna of Palazzo Balbi Cattaneo, located at Via Balbi 2, Genoa, starting at 4:00 PM.
The twenty-first edition of the Festival of Science opens today in Genoa, to which the Department of Physics is closely connected: in fact, the president of the association is Marco Pallavicini, and Alberto Diaspro (president) and
The Department of Physics (DIFI) has received approval from the School of Sciences to collaborate with the Department of Computer Science, Bioengineering, Robotics, and Systems Engineering (DIBRIS) and the Department of Educational Sciences (DISFOR) for the realization of the 23/24th edition of the EPICT Master (European Pedagogical ICT Licence).
We are pleased to inform you about GenOA Week 2023 on the theme: "Community over Commercialization," which will take place from Monday, October 23rd, to Friday, October 27th, 2023.
The events will be held both in person at the University of Genoa and online.
Event Agenda
Register for GenOA Week 2023 by completing the registration form.
The event is organized by:
As part of the "More Women in PHYSICS Project" to promote and support girls in the study of Physics, the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) announces a public competition based on qualifications only for the awarding of 25 scholarships to female students enrolled in a master's degree program who meet the following requirements:
The Stockholm Academy has announced the winners of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics, bestowing the prestigious recognition upon three visionary scientists: Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L’Huillier. The laureates were honored for their outstanding contributions to the study of "attoseconds," units of time measurement so brief as to challenge our perception.
Since last August, a module of the high-energy cosmic neutrino underwater telescope ANTARES (https://antares.in2p3.fr/) has been on display at the former library of the Department of Physics.
The Italian Society of Pure and Applied Biophysics (SIBPA) is organizing the "International School of Biophysics - Antonio Borsellino", which will take place in Erice from October 16th to 22nd, 2023. The course, entitled "Memos for biophysics into the future: Lightness, quickness, exactitude, visibility, multiplicity, and consistency,” will also celebrate Calvino's centennial.
At 17:12 on Saturday, July 1, 2023, the new Euclid space telescope began its journey from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The launch of the first cluster schools hosted by Dipartimento di Fisica UniGe
The first 3 National Schools aimed at secondary school teachers kick off. The King Institute and Odero Institute, together with the UniGe Department of Physics, and in collaboration with AIF (Association for the Teaching of Physics) and Nuvie, are offering teachers thoughtful and innovative training corroborated by multiple activities.
Euclid is an ESA mission whose launch is scheduled for Saturday, July 1, in the Italian afternoon. DIFI faculty and students are part of the Euclid Consortium.
For those who would like to follow the launch, there will be official live coverage from ESA and ASI.
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid/How_to_follow_the_Euclid_launch_live
Studenti che hanno espresso la propria disponibilità a essere eletti in Consiglio di Dipartimento:
- Bignardi Giorgia
- Chessa Valentina
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The Astronomical Observatory of Parco dell'Antola, located at an altitude of 1400 meters in an area with low light pollution in Italy, will resume its activities next weekend. It will be managed by the StarAntola Association, composed of researchers and university professors specialized in astrophysics. The main objective of the association is scientific outreach and attracting young people to pursue studies in astronomy.
The journey to the launch pad of the European Euclid satellite begins, on the trail of enegy and dark matter with Italy's key contribution
Congratulations to Dr. Simone Ravera (Unige) for winning the ITk Master Thesis Award 2022, which recognizes the best dissertation with topic ITk, the new tracer of the ATLAS experiment at CERN that will go into operation in 2029 for the Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) high luminosity program.
Simone graduated from the University of Genoa in September 2022 doing his thesis in the INFN ATLAS group, with supervisors Dr. Claudia Gemme (INFN Genoa) and Dr. Alessandro Lapertosa (Unige and INFN Genoa).
Published the Erasmus+ Notices for the purpose of study and traineeship for A.Y. 2023/2024:
- for mobility for the purpose of study - at the first useful link, "How to participate" section -> "View the Erasmus Call and Manifesto"
- formobility for traineeship purposes - at the second useful link, "How to participate" section -> "Consult the Erasmus Call and Manifesto"
The application deadline for both calls for applications is 12 noon on March 14, 2023.
DIFI congratulates Dr. Gianluca Gemme (INFN Genoa Section, UniGe Adjunct Professor) on his election to the position of Spokesperson for the next three-year term.
The video shows a sequence of images of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), also known as the "Neanderthal comet," taken during the weekend
of Feb. 11, 2023, as the comet moves away from Earth.
The images were acquired with the SBIG Class 1 CCD mounted on the 80-cm telescope at the Antola Park Astronomical Observatory
(OARPAF) by researcher Davide Ricci of the National Institute of Astrophysics - Padua Observatory, who commanded remote observation and data acquisition thanks to recent hardware and software infrastructural changes that allow remote use of the facility.
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Marco Pallavicini, UniGe professor of general physics, member of the executive board of the National Institute of Nuclear Physics - INFN and president of the Genoa Science Festival, has been appointed by the Ministry of Universities and Research as the Italian representative to the World Science Forum - GSF of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development - OECD.
The work has been recently published on ACS Nano.
A work by Diana Nelli, El yakout El koraychy and Riccardo Ferrando of the Nanobiocomp group at DIFI (https://sites.google.com/view/nanobiocomp), in collaboration with research groups in Limoges (France) and Rome has revealed the complex solidification pathways of binary metallic nanodroplets by means of molecular dynamics simulations.
Published edition of Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) and Global ranking of Academic Subjects, the two international rankings prepared by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy agency.
Activities to assist with orientation activities for high school students to be held partly electronically and partly in-person at the Department of Physics
Links
On Nov. 22, high school students from Genoa and province will participate in International Cosmic Day
Competition for the awarding of 25 scholarships for female students enrolled in the degree program master's degree in Experimental and Theoretical Physics of Fundamental Interactions and in Applied Physics for the academic year 2022/2023
The 20th Festival of Science, this year featuring the theme Languages, opens in Genoa on October 20. DIFI is again participating in this edition with a full program of lectures and a rich participation of faculty and researchers.
MEETINGS and CONFERENCES
On the occasion of the Festival della Scienza, two leading exponents of string theory (Cumrun Vafa, Harvard University, USA) and theoretical condensed matter physics (Erio Tosatti, SISSA, Trieste) will be guests in Genoa.
The Department of Physics under the program "Dipartimenti di Eccellenza 2018-2022" is organising in Genoa the conference Supergravity 2022, together with the INFN and the University of Padova.