Interesting work by ISC researcher Simona Olmi and ISC associate Antonio Politi on PRL cover.
S. Olmi and A. Politi, Crisis in Time-Dependent Dynamical Systems, Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 147202 (2025)
Abstract
Many dynamical systems operate in a fluctuating environment. However, even in low-dimensional setups, transitions and bifurcations have not yet been fully understood. In this Letter we focus on crises, a sudden flooding of the phase space due to the crossing of the boundary of the basin of attraction.
ISC reasearcher S. Iubini coauthored an interesting paper now published in Physical Review Letters.
Title: Effective Grand Canonical Description of Condensation in Negative-Temperature Regimes
S. Iubini and A. Politi, Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 097102 (2025)
Abstract
The observation of negative-temperature states in the localized phase of the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation has challenged statistical mechanics for a long time.
Siamo addolorate ed arrabbiate per gli ennesimi casi di femminicidio di Ilaria Sula e Sara Campanella che sono emersi la scorsa settimana. Questi fatti avvengono a poco più di un anno di distanza dal femminicidio, così tragicamente simile, di Giulia Cecchettin, che tanto ha scosso l’opinione pubblica. Le parole e la posizione ferma della famiglia di Giulia Cecchettin sono rimaste impresse nella nostra memoria perché hanno fornito a tutte e tutti delle categorie mentali efficaci per comprendere ciò che era successo.… Read the rest
ISC researcher Stefano Boccaletti has become APS fellows for seminal contributions to self-organization and control of continuous and distributed systems, including pattern formation in extended media and synchronization in networks and hypergraphs. Stefano Boccaletti is part of the Topical Group on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and will give a Zoom seminar next Monday February 17th for the The klogW Series
Title: Why Are There Six Degrees of Separation in a Social Network?
In occasione della Giornata Internazionale delle Ragazze e delle Donne nella Scienza, invitiamo tutte le ricercatrici, dalle dottorande alle docenti e dirigenti di ricerca del Dipartimento di Fisica della Sapienza e degli enti di ricerca che vi sono ospitati a prendere parte alla foto di gruppo sul piazzale dell’edificio Marconi, martedì 11 Febbraio alle 17.30.
It is a pleasure to announce the Workshop ISC2025 to be held on February 6-7 2025 in Rome. The year 2025 will mark the 20th anniversary of the Institute for Complex Systems (ISC-CNR), a milestone that highlights two decades of cutting-edge research into complexity across diverse fields. The workshop represents an opportunity for Institute members and academics to come together and exchange ideas.… Read the rest
On February 5th, the event “Scaling, Fluctuations and Flows” will take place, which is also an opportunity to say farewell to our friend and colleague, Alberto Petri, who is leaving the CNR due to age limits.
More information can be found here.
ISC director G. Caldarelli coauthored a perspective on npj Digital Medicine.
Abstract
Digital twins (DTs) in precision medicine are increasingly viable, propelled by extensive data collection and advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), alongside traditional biomedical methodologies.
Interesting review article on Nature Cities by ISC Director Guido Caldarelli
Abstract
A smart city is an urban area that uses technology, data and digital infrastructure to improve the quality of life for its citizens, enhance the efficiency of city services and promote sustainability.
ISC researcher Emanuela Zaccarelli coauthored an interesting work recently appeared in Physical Review X
Giovanni Del Monte and Emanuela Zaccarelli, Numerical Study of Neutral and Charged Microgel Suspensions: From Single-Particle to Collective Behavior, Phys. Rev. X 14, 041067 – Published 18 December, 2024
Abstract
We perform extensive molecular dynamics simulations of an ensemble of realistic microgel particles in swollen conditions in a wide range of packing fractions .
Nel Novembre dello scorso anno ci siamo incontrate e incontrati per ricordare insieme, rumorosamente, il femminicidio di Giulia Cecchettin. L’iniziativa è nata spontaneamente per rispondere allo smarrimento di tante di noi, toccate dalla vicinanza dell’esperienza di Giulia, studentessa universitaria (peraltro, in ambito scientifico) come noi siamo state o siamo. È servita però anche ad aprire una discussione sul tema della violenza di genere all’interno agli spazi che viviamo quotidianamente, come lavoratrici e studentesse del dipartimento e degli enti di ricerca che vi sono ospitati.
ISC researcher Claudia Fasolato was awarded with the prestigious ERC Starting grant from the European Community. The CHIROLE project aims at exploring “the quantum role of chirality in biology by all optical experiments”. It will last 5 years with a 1.5 M€ funding.
Chirality is the lack of mirror symmetry, and it is a widespread property in biological systems, from atomic arrangements in molecules (e.g.… Read the rest
ISC researchers Alessandro Coppo and Paola Verrucchi, in collaboration with Prof. A. Cuccoli from the University of Florence, have published an intriguing study in Physical Review A. The work has garnered attention from prominent publications such as New Scientist and Wired.
They consider a simple and physically relevant example where the time evolution of a system can be determined by the entanglement with its clock.… Read the rest
ISC researchers C. Castellano, V.Brosco and L. Pilozzi coauthored an interesting work published in npj quantum information.
Optimal quantum key distribution networks: capacitance versus security
L. Cirigliano, V.Brosco, C. Castellano, C. Conti, L. Pilozzi, npj Quantum Information 10, 44 (2024)
Abstract
The rate and security of quantum communications between users placed at arbitrary points of a quantum communication network depend on the structure of the network, on its extension and on the nature of the communication channels.
On April 24 ISC researchers will meet researchers from the Chinese Northwestern Polytechnical University at the ISC headquarter in Via dei Taurini, 19. Below you can find the final program of the meeting
Title: Quasi-one dimensional dipolar bosonic systems: from gas to droplet formation
Speaker: Stefania De Palo, Researcher, IOM-CNR
Date & Room: April 4th, h. 15.00 -Sala lauree
Abstract
We study a tightly trapped one-dimensional dipolar gas of bosonic atoms for which we derive the equation of state using a variational approximation based on the Lieb-Liniger gas Bethe ansatz wave function. We test our results by computing the breathing mode after solving the stationary generalized Gross-Pitaevskii equation, finding very good agreement with experiments.… Read the rest
ISC researcher Barbara Ruzicka presents ISC activities in a meeting with students at the Department of Physics of Sapienza, 14 March 2024.
ISC researcher Claudia Fasolato coauthored a research paper, recently published on PNAS, based on experimental work carried out at the free electron laser FERMI, at Elettra Synchrotron, in Trieste. See Superradiant Thomson scattering from graphite in the extreme ultraviolet C. Fasolato, E. Stellino, et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121(4), e2221293121 (2024).
Radiation-matter interaction is typically understood through low order perturbation theory, yet this framework falters in exotic environments, such as pulsars, where radiation exists in coherent states with large occupation numbers.… Read the rest
In occasione della giornata internazionale delle donne nella scienza, che si celebra tutti gli anni l’11 Febbraio, il Dipartimento di Fisica, in collaborazione con gli Enti di ricerca attivi nel dipartimento (CNR, INFN, INAF, IIT), organizza un evento di formazione, divulgazione e networking aperto al corpo docente e studentesco.L’evento… Read the rest
Two ISC researchers supported to turn their science into practice.
ISC researchers, E. Zaccarelli, S. Sennato in collaboration with I. Viola from CNR – NANOTEC won the ERC Proof-of-Concept grant with their project Microgel-nanoparticles colorimetric sensor for pesticide detection. This financial support will enable them to translate their pioneering research into tangible innovations.
More information can be found here.
ISC-Director José Lorenzana has recently collaborated on a compelling research work that appeared in Physical Review Letters. J. Lorenzana and G. Seibold, Long-Lived Higgs Modes in Strongly Correlated Condensates, Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 026501 (2024).
Condensed matter physics and high-energy physics has cross fertilizing each other for decades. One paradigmatic example is superconductivity, where Anderson’s mechanism giving mass to the Goldstone mode in a superconductor was taken by Higgs to explain mass generation in the
Standard model of elementary particles.… Read the rest
ISC researcher Valentina Brosco coauthored an interesting research proposing a novel superconduting qubit desigm. The work has been selected for an Editor’s Suggestion in Physical Review Letters, see Superconducting Qubit Based on Twisted Cuprate Van der Waals Heterostructures V. Brosco, G. Serpico, V. Vinokur, N. Poccia and U. Vool, Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 017003 (2024).
Abstract
Van-der-Waals assembly enables the fabrication of novel Josephson junctions featuring an atomically sharp interface between two exfoliated and relatively twisted Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x (Bi2212) flakes.
ISC researchers F. Brasili, S. Sennato and E. Zaccarelli coauthored an interesting research published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Toward a Unified Description of the Electrostatic Assembly of Microgels and Nanoparticles, F. Brasili, G. Del Monte, A. Capocefalo, E. Chauveau, E. Buratti, S. Casciardi, D. Truzzolillo, S. Sennato, E. Zaccarelli ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, December 2023
ISC researcher, M. Cencini coauthored an interesting work recently published in Communications Physics, C. Calascibetta, L. Biferale, F. Borra, F. and M. Cencini, Optimal tracking strategies in a turbulent flow, Commun. Phys. 6, 256 (2023).
Abstract
Pursuing a drifting target in a turbulent flow is an extremely difficult task whenever the searcher has limited propulsion and maneuvering capabilities. Even in the case when the relative distance between pursuer and target stays below the turbulent dissipative scale, the chaotic nature of the trajectory of the target represents a formidable challenge.
ISC Director, J. Lorenzana, coauthored an interesting work on Nano Letters, Enhanced Critical Field of Superconductivity at an Oxide Interface, Athby H. Al-Tawhid
A. H. Al-Tawhid, S. J. Poage, S. Salmani-Rezaie, A. Gonzalez, S. Chikara, D. A. Muller, D. P. Kumah, Maria N. Gastiasoro, J. Lorenzana, and K.… Read the rest
| Founding Body: | MUR |
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| Total grant: | €103k * |
| Principal Investigator: | Roberta Spaccapelo Dip. Medicina e Chrurgia, Universita’ degli Studi di Perugia |
| Other participants: | Stefania Melillo |
| Project duration: | 2023-2025 |
| Website: |
Finanziato Dall’unione Europea – Next Generation EU – Piano Nazionale Di Ripresa E Resilienza (PNRR) – Missione 4 “Istruzione E Ricerca” – Componente C2 Investimento 1.1.”Fondo… Read the rest
| Founding Body: | MUR |
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| Total grant: | €115k * |
| Principal Investigator: | Davide Pierangeli |
| Other participants: | Università de L’Aquila |
| Project duration: | 2023-2025 |
| Website: |
Finanziato Dall’unione Europea – Next Generation EU – Piano Nazionale Di Ripresa E Resilienza (PNRR) – Missione 4 “Istruzione E Ricerca” – Componente C2 Investimento 1.1.”Fondo Per Il Programma Nazionale Di Ricerca E Progetti Di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN)
* importo finanziamento pari a 114.949,00 € … Read the rest
| Founding Body: | MUR |
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| Total grant: | €90k * |
| Principal Investigator: | Nicoletta Gnan |
| Other participants: | NANOTEC-CNR |
| Project duration: | 2023-2025 |
| Website: |
Finanziato Dall’unione Europea – Next Generation EU – Piano Nazionale Di Ripresa E Resilienza (PNRR) – Missione 4 “Istruzione E Ricerca” – Componente C2 Investimento 1.1.”Fondo Per Il Programma Nazionale Di Ricerca E Progetti Di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN)
* importo finanziamento pari a 90.304,00 € … Read the rest
| Founding Body: | MUR |
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| Total grant: | € 89k * |
| Principal Investigator: | Emanuela Zaccarelli |
| Other participants: | Others |
| Project duration: | 2023-2025 |
| Website: |
Finanziato Dall’unione Europea – Next Generation EU – Piano Nazionale Di Ripresa E Resilienza (PNRR) – Missione 4 “Istruzione E Ricerca” – Componente C2 Investimento 1.1.”Fondo Per Il Programma Nazionale Di Ricerca E Progetti Di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN)
* importo finanziamento pari a 88.766,00 € … Read the rest
ISC researcher Valentina Brosco coauthored an interesting research article published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, C. Saggau et al., 2D High-Temperature integration in Contact Printed Circuit Boards, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 44, 51558 (2023). The work paves the way to the realization of novel printed circuits and devices integrating atomically thin high-Tc superconducting films.
Inherent properties of superconducting Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x films, such as the high superconducting transition temperature Tc, efficient Josephson coupling between neighboring CuO layers, and fast quasiparticle relaxation dynamics, make them a promising platform for advances in quantum computing and communication technologies.
ISC reseracher Nicoletta Gnan co-organize the interesting webinar series “Soft Discussions: Roads to the Isodays” covering various topics in soft matter.
Each webinar, of the duration of approximately 1 hour, cosists of two parts:
Part1 – Ask me Anything!
Our Ask Me Anything (AMA) session is a unique opportunity to interact with an internationally renowned scientist in the field of soft matter.
Le Ricercatrici Roberta Angelini e Barbara Ruzicka dell’Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi partecipano a Maker Faire Rome (https://makerfairerome.eu/it/anteprima/) nello stand Rome Technopole con un laboratorio interattivo rivolto principalmente agli studenti, ma adatto anche ad un pubblico generico, basato sulla manipolazione di diversi materiali soffici per scoprire di più sulle proprietà di questi materiali del futuro e sulle loro applicazioni.
ISC researcher Paolo Politi coauthored an interesting article published in Chaos, Solitons and Fractals.
F. Corberi, M. Kumar, E. Lippiello and P. Politi, Domain statistics in the relaxation of the one-dimensional Ising model with strong long-range interactions, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 173,113681, (2023).
After a zero temperature quench, we study the kinetics of the one-dimensional Ising model with long-range interactions between spins at a distance r decaying as r-α with α≤1.
La Ricercatrice Roberta Angelini dell’Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi partecipa alla Notte euopea dei Ricercatori nello stand di Rome Technopole per accogliere ed introdurre il pubblico al nuovo ecosistema dell’innovazione della regione Lazio, il primo polo multi-tecnologico per l’insegnamento, la ricerca e e il trasferimento tecnologico nei settoridella transizione energetica e della sostenibilità, della transizione digitale e della salute e biofarmaceutica con 6 spokes e 8 flagships.… Read the rest
ISC researchers Davide Pierangeli and Valentina Pamieri coauthored an interesting reasearch article published in Nature Communications.
Davide Pierangeli, Giordano Perini, Valentina Palmieri, Ivana Grecco, Ginevra Friggeri, Marco De Spirito, Massimiliano Papi, Eugenio Del Re and Claudio Conti,
Nature Communications 14, 4662 (2023)
Abstract
Extreme waves are intense and unexpected wavepackets ubiquitous in complex systems.
This year, the Italian Physical Society (SIF) is organizing its 109th meeting from September 11th to September 15th, 2023, at the Department of Physics of the University of Salerno in Fisciano.
Plenary talk by ISC Researcher E. Zaccarelli, “The physics of thermoresponsive polymer networks: Insisghts from computer simulations” More information on the many contributions of ISC reserachers can be found on the Conference Website.… Read the rest
ISC researcher L. Fanfarillo coauthored an interesting article now published in Nature Communications, C. Setty, L. Fanfarillo and P. J. Hirschfeld Nat. Comm. 3181 (2023).
In weakly coupled BCS superconductors, only electrons within a tiny energy window around the Fermi energy, EF, form Cooper pairs. This may not be the case in strong coupling superconductors such as cuprates, FeSe, SrTiO3 or cold atom condensates where the pairing scale, EB, becomes comparable or even larger than EF.
The second edition of the School of the Italian Society of Statistical Physics – SIFS will be
held at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca in Italy from the 28th of August to the 7th of September
2023.
The school will offer intensive two-weeks courses with follow up meetings. It will be structured into two long
courses, four short courses and tutoring activities.… Read the rest
The annual conference of the Italian Synchrotron Radiation Society (SILS) will be held in Rome at the Sapienza University from Wednesday 30 August until Friday 1 September 2023.
The conference aims at bringing together the wide Italian community working on instrumentation and
applications of synchrotron radiation and free electron laser. It will serve as an opportunity to highlight recent scientific results in different fields and to present the status and future directions of synchrotron radiation and free electron laser sources.… Read the rest
Claudia Fasolato, ricercatrice ISC, partecipa a Là fuori. Festivale della scienza e arte.
Là Fuori Festival è parte di un progetto più grande che nasce a Roma con l’obiettivo di piantare un seme per la creazione di una cittadinanza scientifica e critica, partendo dall’idea che le sperimentazioni artistiche, affiancate all’indagine scientifica, possano stimolare non solo la partecipazione attiva ma anche la qualità dell’esplorazione della realtà, affiancando alla prospettiva oggettiva della scienza quella dell’espressione soggettiva dell’arte.
Il 18 maggio 2023 Barbara Ruzicka, direttore dell’unità di ricerca ISC-Sapienza, presenterà le attività dell’Istituto alla prima edizione del Sapienza Career Days – STEM, evento dedicato all’incontro tra domanda e offerta di lavoro in ambito STEM.
L’evento coinvolgerà imprese e organizzazioni che presso i desk allestiti saranno a disposizione per incontrare gli studenti e i laureati delle Facoltà STEM:
Saranno inoltre organizzati sessioni parallele con focus tematici sulle professioni e presentazioni in aula nel corso delle quali le aziende illustreranno la propria cultura, descriveranno le opportunità di carriera, i principali profili ricercati e l’iter di selezione.… Read the rest
Si tratta di eventi diffusi su tutto il territorio nazionale, grazie all’ampia rete di partner scientifici che aderiscono, programmati in presenza e on-line e dedicati a un pubblico di tutte le età. L’obiettivo è diffondere il mondo dei quanti e le opportunità che la rivoluzione quantistica sta per portare. Le Italian Quantum Weeks vengono promosse da scienziati, ingegneri, divulgatori ed educatori italiani in occasione del World Quantum Day, previsto per il 14 Aprile.… Read the rest
ISC researchers Marco Montuori, Roberta Angelini, Claudia Fasolato, Barbara Ruzicka participate to Roma Science Festival
I giochi da tavolo, il loro uso e la loro creazione, possono essere un prezioso supporto per la didattica grazie alla capacità di coinvolgimento, e alla possibilità che danno di manipolare concetti astratti fornendo metafore e illustrazioni.
A new method allows the measurement of the polarization of light in a single shot without requiring any polarization optics. The single-shot polarization camera exploits photonic machine learning and enables the use of polarization-structured light in communication, sensing, and computing.
Generating, manipulating, and detecting the polarization of light has crucial importance in many areas such as sensing, microscopy, and quantum information and computation.
ISC researchers in collaboration with the University of Ferrara and University of Rome Tor Vergata recently published a beautiful research work, Molecular origin of the two-step mechanism of gellan aggregation, on Science Advances. The work provides the first microscopic overview of gellan aggregation detecting the coil to single-helix transition at dilute conditions and the formation of higher-order aggregates at high concentration.… Read the rest
ISC researcher Stefano Lepri and ISC associate Roberto Livi coauthored an interesting review article showing how heat flow is different on the nanoscale.
G. Benenti, D. Donadio, S. Lepri and R. Livi, Non Fourier heat transport in nanosystems, La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento (2023)
Energy transfer in small nano-sized systems can be very different from that in their macroscopic counterparts due to reduced dimensionality, interaction with surfaces, disorder, and large fluctuations.
Our colleague from the Physics Department of the University of Rome “La Sapienza” Prof. Angelo Vulpiani, ISC associate, has been awarded the 2023 Lewis Fry Richardson Medal is awarded “for contributions to stochastic resonance, as a mechanism for climate variability, the development of multifractals to describe turbulence and chaotic systems, and its implications for predictability”.
Angelo Vulpiani has significantly advanced nonlinear and statistical physics, nonlinear processes and nonlinear geoscience.
We are pleased to announce a seminar by Prof.Shlomo Havlin, from Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
The seminar will be held in Aula conversi on Monday Jan 16, 2023, 2:30 PM.
Abstract
A framework for studying the percolation theory of interdependent networks will be presented. In interdependent networks, such as infrastructures, when nodes in one network fail, they cause dependent nodes in other networks to also fail.
Our colleagues Claudio Conti and Marcello Calvanese-Strinati have recently published a beautiful theoretical work showing how coupled parametric oscillators can simulate multidimensional continuous spin models. Read more on Nature Communications, 13 7248 (2022)
Abstract
From condensed matter to quantum chromodynamics, multidimensional spins are a fundamental paradigm, with a pivotal role in combinatorial optimization and machine learning. Machines formed by coupled parametric oscillators can simulate spin models, but only for Ising or low-dimensional spins.
Stefano Boccaletti, researcher @ ISC – Firenze, coauthored an interesting work discussing how evolving pathogens impact the reproduction number and macroscopic dynamics of spreading processes. The article is also featured in the Applied Physics and Mathematics Focus page selecting “the most interesting papers published in Nature Communications in the interdisciplinary areas where diverse approaches at the boundaries of physics, mathematics, materials science and engineering take place to create new research opportunities”
Epidemic spreading under mutually independent intra- and inter-host pathogen evolution, X.… Read the rest
ISC is actively participating in a number of initiatives within PNRR – Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza, here you can find more information.
October the 5th 2022
The prize Sergio Panizza e Gabriele Galimberti from the Italian Physical Society (SIF) was awarded to Dr.Davide Pierangeli, researcher in our Institute, “for his groudbreaking experimental work in the field of non-linear photonics. Among D. Pierangeli’s works, of particular relevance is the first observation of the breaking of replica symmetry in disordered photorefractive media.”
The original work D. Pierangeli, A. Tavani, F.… Read the rest
ISC researchers L. Pilozzi and V. Brosco write on a recent experiment [1] with photonic waveguides which demonstrates the connection between non-Abelian holonomies and adiabatic particle transport, paving the way to the geometric and topological control of light trajectories.
The experiment by Sun and colleagues represents one of the few observations so far of the non-Abelian Wilczek–Zee holonomy. But by employing Thouless pumping as a tool for probing non-Abelian topological physics, it also paves the way for the geometric control of photon states and light trajectories in real space — a fundamental step in the direction of photonic information processing [2].… Read the rest
| Founding Body: | European Research Council |
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| Total grant: | € 150K |
| Principal Investigator: | Emanuela Zaccarelli |
| Other participants: | Simona Sennato, Claudia Mazzuca (Univ. Tor Vergata) |
| Project duration: | 2022-2024 |
| Website: | https://erc.europa.eu/funding/proof-concept |
The 2021 Impact Factor of Elsevier’s Chaos, Solitons and Fractals: the interdisciplinary journal of Nonlinear Science, and Nonequilibrium and Complex Phenomena is 9.922, ranking it 1 out of 108 in Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications.
ISC researchers strongly contributed to the success of Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, as Editors as well as Authors through publications of high scientific value. Congratulations to ISC researchers Stefano Lepri and Stefano Boccaletti who have been respectively Editor and Chief Editor of this journal for many years.
Summer school of statistical physics @ IMT Lucca: ISC researchers among the organizers and speakers!
The first edition of the School of the Italian Society of Statistical Physics (Società Italiana di Fisica Statistica, SIFS) will be held at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca in Italy.
The school will offer intensive two-weeks courses with follow up meetings. It will be structured into two long courses, four short courses and tutoring activities.
Incontro sulla prima legge nella regio Lazio volta a promuovere la parità di genere negli studi STEM, parteciperà Valentina Palmieri, ricrcatrice ISC.
Le Italian Quantum Weeks vengono promosse da scienziati, ingegneri, divulgatori ed educatori italiani in occasione del primo World Quantum Day (14 Aprile 2022) con lo scopo di far conoscere meglio il mondo dei quanti e le opportunità che la rivoluzione quantistica sta per portare.
I ricercatori del nostro Istituto hanno contribuito all’organizzazione di diverse iniziative nell’ambito di Italian Quantum Weeks 2022 in collaborazione con il Centro di Ricerca Enrico Fermi, con l’università Sapienza di Roma e con le università di Firenze e Pisa.… Read the rest
ISC participate to the Organization of the Italian Quantum Weeks.
La meccanica quantistica, l’insieme delle leggi che regolano il mondo degli atomi e delle particelle elementari, ha sconvolto il nostro modo di concepire la realtà con le sue affascinanti bizzarrie. Le tecnologie quantistiche, basate sull’uso della meccanica quantistica nelle applicazioni della vita quotidiana, stanno portando una nuova rivoluzione tecnologica che dobbiamo imparare a comprendere e gestire.… Read the rest
After the great success of the 2021 edition (online), we are announcing the conference at the Lake Como with outstanding lecturers and a wonderful environment!
Official website of the Lake Como School for Advanced Studies
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ISC research director Emanuela Zaccarelli has been awarded a European Research Council ERC Proof of Concept Grant for the project MICROTECH: Microgel technology for preservation of cultural heritage
Stefania Melillo, ricercatrice ISC, spiega la connessione tra la fisica dei sistemi complessi e lo studio dei movimenti degli stormi in una video intervista su CNR WebTV.
Roma d’inverno offre uno spettacolo naturalistico impressionante, quasi inaspettato da vedere in una città così grande. Ogni sera, poco prima del tramonto, migliaia di uccelli coordinano il loro movimento e appaiono come un unico organismo per difendersi dai predatori.… Read the rest
ISC director, Prof. Claudio Conti and Prof. Eugenio Del Re share their thoughts on the role of photonics experiments in the development of complex systems and spin glass theory. Read the full story on Nature Photonics News and Views.
Photonics and the Nobel Prize in Physics
Giorgio Parisi recently shared a Nobel Prize in Physics for his contribution to the theory of complex systems.
ISC researchers coauthored an interesting work on International Journal of Molecular Science,
Tau Cleavage Contributes to Cognitive Dysfunction in Strepto-Zotocin-Induced Sporadic Alzheimer’s Disease (sAD) Mouse Model
V. Latina et al. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 22, 12158 (2021)
Tau cleavage plays a crucial role in the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), a widespread neurodegenerative disease whose incidence is expected to increase in the next years.… Read the rest
Uno studio coordinato da ricercatori del nostro Istituto e dall’Istituto di farmacologia traslazionale del Cnr, svolto in collaborazione con Irccs Fondazione S. Lucia e Fondazione Ebri, ha dimostrato come l’anticorpo monoclonale 12A12 determini miglioramenti significativi nelle principali alterazioni prodotte da questa malattia neurodegenerativa. La ricerca è stata pubblicata sull’International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
Roberto Coccurello spiega i risultati in questi interessanti contributi divulgativi su Le Scienze e Sky Tg24.… Read the rest
Claudio Conti and Eugenio Del Re co-authored an interesting work published on Nature Communications demonstrating experimentally self-induced topological transitions from elliptical to hyperbolic k-space manifolds in room-temperature photorefractive KTN.
We are pleased to announce a seminar by Dr. Simone Felicetti from the Institute for Photonics and Nanostructures of CNR, to be held on October Friday 22nd in Aula Conversi at 4 pm.
Abstract
Quantum critical systems in proximity of phase transitions exhibit a divergent susceptibility, suggesting that an arbitrarily-high precision may be achieved when they are used as probes to estimate a physical parameter.
| Founding Body: | MUR |
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| Total grant: | € 78k * |
| Principal Investigator: | Prof. Giovanni Piero Pepe – Università di Napoli Federico II e CNR – SPIN |
| Other participants: | Progetto coordinato dal Dipartimento di scienze fisiche e tecnologie dei materiali del CNR.
Membri del gruppo di Ricerca CNR ISC: Claudio Conti, Laura Pilozzi, Valentina Brosco Altri partner pubblici: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Università di Padova, INRIM Partner privati: EXPRIVA Spa, Memory Consult srl, DEMETRIX srl |
| Project duration: | 30 months starting March 2021 |
| Website: | https://www.cnr.it/it/pon-2014-2020-cluster |
Our colleague, professor at the Physics Department of La Sapienza, Giorgio Parisi, wins 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics with Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems.… Read the rest
Roberto Coccurello, ricercatore nel nostro Istituto, ha collaborato ad uno studio che ha identificato il ruolo anti-invecchiamento neurale e di mantenimento della produzione di neuroni svolto in vivo da questa molecola. I risultati sono pubblicati su Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology.
In questo breve articolo divulgativo ci spiega il suo contributo.
Il cervello dei mammiferi continua a generare neuroni per tutta la vita, a partire da cellule staminali neurali, in due zone specifiche dette nicchie neurogeniche: il giro dentato dell’ippocampo e la zona subventricolare.
On October 1st The New York times covers our research on swarms. The article begins like this:
On early autumn afternoons across the temperate world, the midges are now gathering to swarm: clouds of tiny flies, wings lit by the sun like so many sparks, swirling in patterns too quick and complicated for the eye to follow but leaving a mental afterimage of order.
We are pleased to announce a seminar by Dr. Maxime Bergman (University of Fribourg) to be held in Aula 2 (2nd floor of the Fermi building, Department of Physics, Sapienza) on Tuesday, October 5 at 3:00 p.m.
Title Wave-driven particles at a fluid interface: quantum analogs and active dynamics
Abstract
Microgels have been shown to compress in stages: with increasing concentration, interpenetration of the networks occurs first, followed by faceting and finally isotropic compression.
ISC researcher R. Coccurello coauthored an interesting article now published in Frontiers in Cell and developmental biology
L. Micheli, T. Creanza, M. Ceccarelli, G. D’Andrea, G. Giacovazzo, N. Ancona, R. Coccurello, R. Scardiglli, F.… Read the rest
On septembre 29th, our colleague and friend Dr. Giuseppe Pucci from CNR-Nanotec (Calabria), is going to give a talk in Aula 2, Edificio Fermi of the Physics Department of La Sapienza, Roma.
Title Wave-driven particles at a fluid interface: quantum analogs and active dynamics
Abstract
I review the potential and limitations as quantum analog and active systems of particles driven by self-generated waves at a fluid interface.
ISC researchers, C. Conti, L. Pilozzi and V. Brosco, participate in the new PON project QUANCOM.
Security technologies in both the network transmission layers and in the application layers are becoming more and more complex and sophisticated but, nevertheless these efforts, they are not completely immune to attacks. In fact, even the computing power (parallel and distributed thanks to the network resource) is increasing and available to organizations that, for various purposes, have interests in appropriating of sensitive data.
| Founding Body: | Lazioinnova – Regione Lazio |
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| Total grant: | € 149k * |
| Principal Investigator: | Rosa Maria Montereali |
| Other participants: | Membri del gruppo di Ricerca ENEA: Rosa Maria Montereali, Enrico Nichelatti, Valentina Nigro, Massimo Piccinini, Concetta Ronsivalle, Maria Aurora Vincenti
Membri del gruppo di Ricerca Istituto Superiore di Sanità: Evaristo Cisbani, Giuseppe Esposito Membri del gruppo di Ricerca CNR ISC: Elena Buratti |
| Project duration: | 24 months starting April 2021 |
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Progetto di Ricerca, finanziato da Regione Lazio attraverso il Bando Gruppi di Ricerca 2020
* importo finanziamento pari a € 148.930… Read the rest
In un interessante articolo divulgativo sull’Almanacco della Scienza, quindicinale a cura dell’Ufficio Stampa del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, D. Grasso, ricercatrice dell’Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, spiega che cosa sono le isole magnetiche e per quale motivo rivestono un’importanza fondamentale nella fisica dei plasmi.… Read the rest
Theoretical physicist A. Vulpiani, professor at the Physics Department of the University of Rome “La Sapienza” has been awarded the prestigious EPS prize for Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 
for his seminal contributions to statistical and nonlinear physics, touching fundamentally important issues in dynamical systems theory and statistical mechanics, including the mechanism of stochastic resonance, multifractality of invariant sets of dynamical systems, the dynamics and multifractal properties of turbulent flows, chaos in Hamiltonian systems, and the limits of predictability in complex systems.
SR40 is an international conference that has the ambition to be devoted to all phenomena associate with noise, in general and to Stochastic Resonance, in particular. In fact, SR40 aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Noise and Fluctuations, providing a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical applications.… Read the rest
Talk by Claudio Conti on Job Placement in ISC-CNR, meeting with students of the Department of Physics of Sapienza, 25 May 2021 (Italian only)
Prof. C. Conti (CNR)slides
Prof. C. Conti (CNR): registrazione Zoom
ISC associates Guido Caldarelli and Gulio Cimini coauthored an interesting review on modelling the financial systems and networks now published in Nature Reviews, M. Bardoscia, P. Barucca, S. Battiston, F. Caccioli, G. Cimini, D. Galaschelli, F. Saracco, T. Squartini, and G. Caldarelli. Nat. Rev. Phys. June (2021).
As the total value of the global financial market outgrew the value of the real economy, financial institutions created a global web of interactions that embodies systemic risks.… Read the rest
ISC Director Claudio Conti co-organizes an OSA Virtual meeting from 9th to 13th August 2021.
An international forum for discussion of all aspects of nonlinear optics, including new phenomena, novel devices, advanced materials and applications. Nonlinear optical phenomena play a key role in many applications of photonics. They are now studied and applied over a wide range of energies and powers, from single-photons to zettawatts and above, and over broad spectral ranges, from THz to Gamma-ray frequencies.… Read the rest
The director of the Institute of Complex Systems, Prof. Claudio Conti, will present the activities of our Institute at the Physics Department of the University of Rome.
The meeting will be on-line on May 25th at 14.30, more information can be found here.… Read the rest
ISC researcher Stefano Focardi coauthored an interesting work in Science,”Mapping out a future for ungulate migrations” Science 372, 567 (2021).
The article shows how limited mapping of mammalians migrations hampers conservation and envisions a digital archive translating migration data into actionable migration maps that are standardized, in a central database, and publicly available.
Migration of ungulates (hooved mammals) is a fundamental ecological process that promotes abundant herds, whose effects cascade up and down terrestrial food webs.… Read the rest
We draw a picture of physical systems that allows us to recognize what “time” is by requiring consistency with the way that time enters the fundamental laws of Physics. Elements of the picture are two non-interacting and yet entangled quantum systems, one of which acting as a clock. In this setting, employing the Page and Wootters mechanism with tools from large-N quantum approaches, we show that there is not a “quantum time”, possibly opposed to a “classical” one; there is only one time, and it is a manifestation of entanglement.… Read the rest
ISC researcher Claudio Castellano and collaborators unveil the roles of contact tracing procedures in mitigating COVID-19 pandemic, now published in Nature Communications, see M. Mancasroppa, C. Castellano, A. Vezzani and R. Burioni, Stochastic sampling effects favor manual over digital contact tracing, Nature Communications 12, 1919 (2021).
Abstract
Isolation of symptomatic individuals, tracing and testing of their nonsymptomatic contacts are fundamental strategies for mitigating the current COVID-19 pandemic.… Read the rest
Creare “cervelli di luce” per macchine intelligenti più veloci, efficienti e “green” degli attuali computer che funzionano grazie ai chip con elettroni e semiconduttori.
L’idea, suggestiva sì, ma già molto concreta, tra scienza e mercato, viene discussa, in questi giorni al Corso “Machine Learning Photonics” organizzata dal Prof. Claudio Conti e dal Prof. Stefan Wabnitz.
Maggiori informazioni in questo articolo divulgativo apparso sul quotidiano La Provincia di Como.… Read the rest
ISC Researcher Paola Verrucchi and Collaborators wrote a beatiful and elegant work investigating the concept of time in quantum mechanics, now published in Nature Communications, see C. Foti, A.Coppo, G. Barni, A. Cuccoli and P. Verrucchi, Time and classical equations of motion from quantum entanglement via the Page and Wootters mechanism with generalized coherent states, Nature Communications 12, 1787 (2021).
The figure shows the interaction between a classical clock and a quantum system.… Read the rest
The school brings together experts in emerging photonic technologies, machine learning techniques, and fundamental physics who will share with young researchers their knowledge and interdisciplinary approaches for understanding and designing complex photonic systems and their practical applications. In the new era of artificial intelligence, algorithms and computational interfaces are broadly emerging as novel tools to do scientific research. The paradigms of machine learning also inspire interpretations and methodologies, in both theories and experiments.… Read the rest
Topological photonics has been opening exciting opportunities in recent optics research. This Special Issue provides a snapshot and overview of the recent advances in this thriving field of research. It features six papers and one review article, by some of the leading experts in the field, covering various aspects of topological photonics research.… Read the rest
A joint online event organized by the Department of Physics of Bar-Ilan and the CNR-Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi (ISC-CNR) as a part of project EXPLICS “Towards a physical realization of explosive phenomena in interacting complex systems”, granted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI).
See the Conference Website for more information.
Theoretical physicist Giorgio Parisi, professor at the Physics Department of the University of Rome , “La Sapienza” and president of Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, has been awarded the prestigious Wolf Prize for Physics 2021 “for his pioneering discoveries in quantum field theory, statistical mechanics and complex systems”.… Read the rest
ISC researcher V. Palmieri coauthored an article on NanoToday explaining the role of nanotechnologies in improving the performance of facial masks and warning on possible future consequences caused by a poorly regulated use of nanotechnology in textiles.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century. While researchers are working on vaccine development and elucidating the mechanism of action and evolution of the harmful SARS-CoV-2, the current most important public health measure, second only to social distancing, is the obligatory wearing of facial protection.… Read the rest
ISC Researchers build for the first time replica symmetry breaking maps to visualize Random Laser activity on ACS Photonics 2021
In the past decade, complex networks of light emitters are proposed as novel platforms for photonic circuits and lab-on-chip active devices. Lasing networks made by connected multiple gain components and graphs of nanoscale random lasers (RLs) obtained from complex meshes of polymeric nanofibers are successful prototypes.… Read the rest
ISC researcher, Valentina Palmieri, and her collaborator M. Papi discuss the promising applications of functionalized graphene in the fight against COVID 19. Their research has been published in Nano Today, “Can graphene take part in the fight against COVID-19?“
Abstract
The pneumonia outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) represents a global issue.
Our researcher, Fabio Cecconi, has developed an analytical model elucidating the competition among electrophoresis, electroosmosis, and dielectrophoresis. The work is published on ACS Nano, M. Chinappi, Misa Yamaji, Ryuji Kawano, and Fabio Cecconi, “Analytical Model for Particle Capture in Nanopores Elucidates Competition among Electrophoresis, Electroosmosis, and Dielectrophoresis” ACS Nano, 14, 15816 (2020).
Abstract
The interaction between nanoparticles dispersed in a fluid and nanopores is governed by the interplay of hydrodynamical, electrical, and chemical effects.… Read the rest
Our staff researcher Roberta Angelini is Guest Editor of a Special Issue of Polymers on “Polymer Microgels: Synthesis and Application”
Polymer microgels have attracted great attention in fundamental studies as good model systems for understanding the intriguing behaviors of soft colloids thanks to their elastic and deformable particles that provide a very rich phenomenology. These cross-linked particles with nanometric to micrometric dimensions are characterized by many fascinating properties such as swelling, softness, and responsivity that depend on their macromolecular architecture and can be triggered during the synthesis process.… Read the rest
Ruggero Vaia has published a new article on Physical Review E “Dispersionless pulse transport in mass-spring chains: All possible perfect Newton’s cradles“, R. Vaia, Phys. Rev. E 102, 023005 (2020).
Coherent pulse transmission along an arbitrarily long mass-spring chain is a prototype for several material systems: atom/ion chains, polymer molecules, in 1D, but also 2D and 3D systems with symmetry, such as multilayers.… Read the rest
