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This week: the STEM gender gap, grant windfall for Venice and Ducati's Bologna partnership
In depth: Cristina Messa, a professor of medical imaging at Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, was appointed as Italy’s science minister after the country’s new government was sworn in on Saturday.
Full story: Medicine professor picked as Italian research minister