They are called plectonemes. They are the analog of the twisted tangles of telephone cords, and can form in DNA that is pulled through a nanoscale channel. This is the finding of a study led by Ulrich ...

"It won’t be long before we know whether we are right or wrong,” remarked Professor Erio Tosatti when, in 2014, PNAS published a study by SISSA/ICTP carried out with Michele Fabrizio, Sandro Scandolo, ...

Courses will be held in rooms 135 (first floor). The Coordinator will inform you of any room change when necessary. The timetable can be found here. Please check it regularly ...

Research in Astroparticle Physics The Astroparticle Physics group was born in 2004 to join in a single research group people working on the strongly related fields of cosmology, astrophysics, gravity ...

How many black holes are out there in the Universe? This is one of the most relevant and pressing questions in modern astrophysics and cosmology. The intriguing issue has recently been addressed by ...

Flee or freeze? In nature, survival hinges on making the right split-second choice when danger strikes, and the brain’s defensive circuits are built for exactly that task. Yet what counts as the ...

Born in 2011 by initiative of a group of SISSA students and administrative members, SISSA CLUB is an association promoting cultural activities and sports. During the years SISSA Club has organized ...

Black holes continue to captivate scientists: they are purely gravitational objects, remarkably simple, yet capable of hiding mysteries that challenge our understanding of natural laws. Most ...

A new article published in “Universe” describes an approach that looks back from the deaths of stars to their births, allowing the so-called initial mass function (IMF), i.e. the way in which star ...

Applications are now open for the 2025–2026 edition of the Master in Data Management and Curation (MDMC), the postgraduate specialization program promoted by Area Science Park and SISSA. The program ...

Chloride ion flows that enter the cells play an important role in the duplication of glioblastoma cells, a highly aggressive brain tumor. This is the finding of research recently published in the ...