Three researchers join the ranks
Congratulations to Andrea Liscio, Alessandro Taloni and Lucanos Marsilio Strambini who have won permanent positions at CNR-ISC.… Read the rest
Archive for year: 2016
Ecology of Bulgarian Red Deer
Stefano Focardi and Sonia Lombardi are studying the ecology of red deer (Cervus elaphus) as part of a joint project with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.… Read the rest
The soft side of hard matter
Soft condensed matter is characterized by gigantic responses to external perturbations which is the reason why these systems are extremely useful for applications, like liquid crystals in our cell phones displays. In contrast, hard condensed matter a.k.a. solids respond more weakly to external perturbations but present an enormous richness of interesting phases like metallic, insulating, magnetic, superconducting, ferroelectric, charge order, etc. … Read the rest
CRIB
Collective Response from Individual Behaviour in Groups and Ecosystems
| Founding Body: | ERANET |
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| Total grant: | € 70k |
| Principal Investigator: | Andrea Cavagna |
| Other participants: | |
| Project duration: | 2017-2019 |
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Report on ISC @Sapienza
The scientific mission of the Institute of Complex Systems (ISC) of the Research National Council (CNR) is the study of the science of complexity, from fundamental issues to applications. Complex systems are composed by interacting elements which exhibit some emergent properties, ranging from simple particles to entire communities and networks and their study has profound implications in modern physics.
Read Report… Read the rest
Verbale del Consiglio di Istituto dell’Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi (ISC) del 5 dicembre 2016
Verbale firmato Consiglio di Istituto 5 dicembre 2016… Read the rest
Complessità@ISC-Sapienza
La Fisica della Complessità@ISC-Sapienza
6 Dicembre 2016, ore 16:00
Sapienza Università,
Dipartimento di Fisica,
Aula Conversi
L’Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi (ISC) del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, la cui attività si svolge da vari anni in stretta collaborazione con i ricercatori del Dipartimento di Fisica, dedica un pomeriggio tematico alla presentazione delle sue attuali linee di ricerca. Le presentazioni avranno carattere generale, sono rivolte ai colleghi di tutti gli ambiti disciplinari e agli studenti interessati a svolgere tesi in collaborazione con il personale dell’Istituto.… Read the rest
Nature Communications: Raman spectroscopy and neutron diffraction reveal ice XVII
New porous water ice metastable at atmospheric pressure obtained by emptying a hydrogen-filled ice
Leonardo Del Rosso, Milva Celli & Lorenzo Ulivi
The properties of some forms of water ice reserve still intriguing surprises. Besides the several stable or metastable phases of pure ice, solid mixtures of water with gases are precursors of other ices, as in some cases they may be emptied, leaving a metastable hydrogen-bound water structure.… Read the rest
Maria Stella Maggio joins ISC within her “Torno Subito” research project
Stella has a master degree in Cultural Heritage Conservation and Diagnostics. She will work together with Mauro Missori for 5 months as part of her “Torno Subito” research project funded by Regione Lazio and titled “Use of THz technology for diagnostics of cultural heritage on paper“.… Read the rest
Differential and absolute negative mobility in steady laminar flows
Nonlinear response in out-of-equilibrium systems can show counter-intuitive behaviors, for instance cases where the force increases but the response decreases (negative differential mobility). Sometimes the response crosses zero and changes sign with respect to the force (absolute negative mobility). In classical physics this is usually observed within complicate models with obstacles and traps. We have demonstrated such complex non-linear phenomena in a much simpler and realistic system, ie.… Read the rest
Thermal convection in granular gases with dissipative lateral walls
Convection in molecular fluids is provided by the competition between gravity and an adverse temperature gradient (two thermostats, the hotter below, the colder above). In a granular gas it can be achieved by a single thermostat at the base, for instance a vibrating piston. Energy dissipation provides the “second thermostat” which spontaneously forms gradient and may stabilize a convective state. Here we have demonstrated that even the simple dissipation in the collision between grains and lateral walls is sufficient to trigger convection, without any critical threshold.… Read the rest
Heat, temperature and Clausius inequality in a model for active brownian particles
Living matter at the microscale, many kinds of cells, bacteria and other organisms, self-propel through a viscous fluid which acts as a thermal bath, dissipating the energy provided by the internal motor (pseudopoda, flagella, etc.). This energetic balance is ruled by non-equilibrium thermodynamics, as for heat engines. In this theoretical work we have given a mesoscopic description of this process, which allows to measure a local heat dissipation and a local non-equilibrium temperature (associated to self-propulsion and to the forces driving the active particle) which together provide a definition of active entropy production which satisfies the Clausius inequality.… Read the rest
Mechanism of self-propulsion in 3D-printed active granular particles
We have reproduced the self propulsion of bacteria and animals with 3d-printed “active granular particles”. Those small artificial insects walk on a rough vibrated plate because of a subtle interplay between material elastic properties and solid-on-solid friction. The advantage of 3d-printed objects is in the possibility to tune certain features (here the inclination of “legs”) in order to verify theoretical predictions and establish an optimal shape for running.… Read the rest
In the news: Re-entrant DNA gels in Nature Communications
Francesco Sciortino and his group published Re-entrant DNA gels in Nature Communications, showing that bulk quantities of colloidal nanoparticles that can be used for designing and realizing self-assembled soft materials with unconventional properties.… Read the rest
Verbale del Consiglio di Istituto dell’Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi (ISC) del 28 settembre 2016
Verbale firmato Consiglio di Istituto 28 settembre 2016… Read the rest
ISC meeting – Diffusion Processes
An ISC-meeting on diffusion processes took place in Sesto Fiorentino (Florence) on Sept. 27th and 28th.
It was the occasion to highlight the variety of ISC research fields where diffusion plays a relevant role:
If brownian motion has been a milestone to understand the atomistic nature of matter, diffusion processes are so widespread because diffusion is one of the main “way of transport”, as we learn from the kinetic theory.… Read the rest
In the news: Guiding light via geometric phases
CNR’s news site features an article on Guiding light via geometric phases published in Nature Photonics.… Read the rest
Local equilibrium in bird flocks – Nature Physics
Irene Giardina and Andrea Cavagna together with their group, have published
Local equilibrium in bird flocks in Nature Physics.… Read the rest
Thematic Meeting “Materials for Energy”
Settembre 9th 2016
University of Roma “La Sapienza”
Physics Department
Aula Rasetti
Program… Read the rest
Metrology In A Complex World: From Urban And Energy Systems To Social Networks
July 26th 2016
Info
CeSMA – Centro di Servizi Metrologici Avanzati
Workshop CeSMA 2016.07.26.pdf… Read the rest
PALMA
Piattaforma Apprendimento: Laboratorio Machine learning per le Antichità
| Founding Body: | Sm@rtINFRA – Sshch – Infrastrutture Integrate Intelligenti per l’ecosistema dei dati delle Scienze Sociali, Umane e del Patrimonio Culturale |
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| Total grant: | € k |
| Principal Investigator: | Francis Allen Farrelly |
| Other participants: | |
| Project duration: | 2016 |
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Fiocco Azzurro
Altro fiocco azzurro per ISC questa volta per Francis Farrelly. … Read the rest
Three Researchers promoted
Congratulations to Claudio Castellano, Andrea Cavagna and Emanuela Zaccarelli who are among the 15 CNR researchers promoted to senior position out of the 300 participating candidates. … Read the rest
In the news: Graphene in energy related applications
Rosanna Larciprete’s article Unveiling the Mechanisms Leading to H2 Production Promoted by Water Decomposition on Epitaxial Graphene at Room Temperature, is reported in LSWN describing possible energy production and storage applications.… Read the rest
Stefano Lepri’s Lecture Notes in Physics
Stefano Lepri is the editor of a recently published volume, Thermal Transport in Low Dimensions
, in Springer’s Lecture Notes in Physics.… Read the rest
ISC researcher Dr. Mario Mulansky recruited by Apple
Mario Mulansky was hired in 2014 to work at ISC as an experienced researcher (ER) within the Marie Curie Initial Training Network NETT (Neural Engineering Transformative Technologies). He joined the Computational Neuroscience lab at the Sesto Fiorentino node to work under the supervision of Thomas Kreuz (Data Analysis) and Alessandro Torcini (Network theory).
During his time at ISC Mario developed measures to estimate the synchrony within a set of neuronal spike trains (sequences of electrical action potentials emitted by neurons).… Read the rest
In the news: Graphene in Antimicrobial Therapy
Video in TG Leonardo (7th min.) on the Antimicrobal effects of graphene conducted by Claudio Conti, Valentina Palmieri and Massimiliano Papi.… Read the rest
Giornate Didattiche SISN 2016
La Società Italiana di Spettroscopia Neutronica (SISN) organizza le Giornate Didattiche SISN 2016.
Introduzione alle tecniche neutroniche per lo studio microscopico della materia, con applicazioni alla Fisica, Chimica, Biologia e Geologia
Le Giornate Didattiche sono indirizzate a studenti delle lauree triennali e magistrali, dottorandi e giovani ricercatori interessati ad acquisire gli elementi di base delle tecniche neutroniche. La Scuola si svolgerà in due parti, come segue.… Read the rest
Emanuela Zaccarelli has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant
Congratulations to Emanuela Zaccarelli for having been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant.
Modeling microgels: from microscopic design to macroscopic description (MIMIC)
Soft matter provides the ideal playground for exploring physical phenomena that have no counterpart in atomic and molecular systems. A continuous progress in particle synthesis has provided a rich variety of soft, polymeric colloids, which are highly interpenetrable and thus can reach ultra-dense, jammed states.… Read the rest
José Lorenzana promoted to Research Director
Congratulations to José Lorenzana on being promoted to Research Director.… Read the rest
Francesco Sylos Labini publishes “Rischio e previsione”
Francesco Sylos Labini publishes a Rischio e previsione Cosa può dirci la scienza sulla crisi.
The book is also available in english: Science and the Economic Crisis.… Read the rest
ISC in PhysicsWorld with the VANGUARD project
ISC in PhysicsWorld with the VANGUARD project… Read the rest
Lara Benfatto is Outstanding Referee for Physical Review journals
Congratulations to Lara Benfatto. She is now officially an Outstanding Referee of Physical Review journals as chosen by the journal editors for 2016.… Read the rest
Verbale del consiglio di istituto 26-02-2016
Accesso riservato: Verbale del consiglio di istituto.… Read the rest
Verbale del Consiglio di Istituto dell’Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi (ISC) del 25 febbraio 2016
Verbale firmato Consiglio di Istituto 25 febbraio 2016… Read the rest
International Workshop SUPERHYDRIDES
Towards Room Temperature Superconductivity:
Hydrides and More
Rome, 9-10 May, Aula Marconi, CNR Headquarters
The recent discovery of superconductivity at 200 K in sulfur hydrides under pressure opens exciting perspectives in the search for superconductivity at room temperature and room pressure. Joint cooperative efforts in this direction, experimental and theoretical, from all the scientific community, are essential and welcome.
The workshop aims to summon the widest range of the scientific community in the field and to provide a first common space for exchange and discussion for both experienced and young researchers interested in the subject.… Read the rest
Irene Giardina awarded ERC – Proof of Concept grant
Congratulations to Irene Giardina for having been selected for an ERC – Proof of Concept grant on Probing Complex Dynamical Structures in Three Dimensions (PROCEEDS).
erc_pr_poc_2015_third_results… Read the rest
Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society, ECIS 2016 4-9 September 2016, Rome, Italy
The 30th Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society (ECIS 2016) will be held from 4th to 9th September 2016, in the campus of the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. The aim of the conference is to bring together experts from the interdisciplinary field of colloidal and interface science. ECIS 2016 covers fundamental and applied advances in the fields of Interfaces, dispersed systems, complex fluids, micro- and nano-engineered materials and devices formed by naturally occurring or synthesized elements: surfactants, polymers, proteins, particles.… Read the rest
Alessandro Torcini interviewed on Eureka (Radio ENEL)
Listen to Alessandro Torcini being interviewed on Eureka (Radio ENEL)… Read the rest
Verbale del Consiglio di Istituto
Accesso riservato: Verbale del consiglio di istituto.… Read the rest
Verbale del Consiglio di Istituto dell’Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi (ISC) del 11 gennaio 2016
Verbale Consiglio di Istituto 11 gen 2016 (firmato). … Read the rest
Alternanza Scuola Lavoro – concluso workshop Android App
The “Tinkering with Android” workshop proved to be a great success with the 50 junior high students who attended.
Many thanks to Bruno Martino, Gianni Pujia and Manlio Astolfi for their precious help.
– Francis Farrelly
Final Android App:
… Read the restGUPP
Generalized Uncertainty Principle and the Photons
| Founding Body: | Templeton Foundation |
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| Total grant: | € 188k |
| Principal Investigator: | Claudio Conti |
| Other participants: | |
| Project duration: | 2016-2018 |
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Workshop: Tinkering with Android
CNR ISC – Via Taurini 19
Jan 12th-15th 2016
As part of the Alternanza Scuola Lavoro program in which Junior High School students are given work experience, a 4 day workshop on Android programming was held involving around 50 students working in groups in the library at Via Taurini. Eleven PC kindly lent by the CNR Servizi di Reti where turned into diskless kubuntu workstations set up around CNR-IASI servers.… Read the rest
MIMIC
Modeling microgels: from microscopic design to macroscopic description
| Founding Body: | European Research Council – ERC Consolidator Grant |
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| Total grant: | € 1300k |
| Principal Investigator: | Emanuela Zaccarelli |
| Other participants: | |
| Project duration: | 2016-2021 |
| Website: |
PROCEEDS
Probing Complex Dynamical Structures in Three Dimensions
| Founding Body: | European Research Council – ERC Proof of Concept |
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| Total grant: | € 150k |
| Principal Investigator: | Irene Giardina |
| Other participants: | |
| Project duration: | 2016-2018 |
| Website: |