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Genomics and microscopy among country’s picks for new national facilities hosted in Milan

This week: a trickle of Prin funding results and a call for more innovation support

Deal with telecoms company aims to boost sustainability and improve urban spaces

Researchers’ fears over Italy’s far-right-led government have largely failed to materialise
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This week: leading on climate research, and gender self-identification in Milan

This week: improved charity contracts and criticism of rules around researchers’ use of photos

Complex classification structure for academic careers to go from 370 areas to 192

This week: Roaring back into discussions and saving the language

Online platform will help shape industrial PhD programmes that have struggled to attract candidates

Research minister says change will make country “increasingly attractive and welcoming” to top talent

This week: an advert row and mourning for Antonio Bisaccia

Separate studies spotlight poor-pay problem, from PhD through to professor level

This week: gender equality, R&D leadership, student mobility and brain drain

Research will aim to create models that “mimic” the medical characteristics of patients

Initiative led by national research council will have 10 spokes across the country

This week: drug development, decarbonisation and an EU commissioner in Rome

Biologist Marino Zerial appointed to lead Milan institute from startup to scaleup phase

This week: smarter telecom networks and bidding to host the Einstein Telescope

Italy’s attempts to speed up approval procedures could backfire, researchers fear

‘Technical table’ will bring together experts from all ministries with R&D responsibilities

This week: ERC grant wins, innovation seeds and a talent showcase

Blue economy project will pool €450 million of research and innovation investment from 25 countries

Right-wing rise to power has not yet shifted the direction of travel for R&D

Research minister says Polifi will bridge traditional arts institutions and universities

This week: support for Ghanaian research and progress in sustainable transport

Over €270 million will be shared between 180 departments in universities across Italy

This week: Cuzzocrea heads university rectors’ assembly, plus push to host Einstein Telescope in Sardinia

This week: end of professor patent privilege, metaverse studies and more

Projects ranging from scar-free tattoo removal to vaccine production are seeking more support

Partnership will aim to bolster joint research and exchange of scientists in computational science

This week: a digital deal and a snub for PhDs

Italy’s National Research Council celebrates centennial with root and branch overhaul

Plans to abolish controversial short-term contracts for early career staff in jeopardy under new government

Leonardo supercomputer is latest addition to European computing power, but US and Japan still lead

This week: Erasmus placements unfilled, new rector for Milan Polytechnic and academic fraud awareness

National Research Council and multiple other bodies commit to change use of metrics

New minister told 15,000 highly skilled researchers could quit if contract reforms stall