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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SISSA mourns the passing of Edoardo Boncinelli, eminent geneticist, passionate science communicator and former Director of the School from 2001 to 2004. Boncinelli passed away yesterday in Milan at ...

Applications are now open for 1 research fellowship in the technical and management area at the Scientific Directorate – Technology Transfer Office of the Centro di Riferimento Oncologico (CRO) in ...

Naomi Oreskes, renowned historian of science and author of the influential book Merchants of Doubt, will be among the keynote speakers at the 14th National Conference on Science Communication, taking ...

Bando di selezione pubblica per il conferimento di una borsa per attività di ricerca e di perfezionamento su “Analisi del comportamento di interazione sociale degli zebrafish..." presso l’Area di ...

Bando di selezione pubblica per il conferimento di una borsa per attività di ricerca e di perfezionamento presso l’Area di Matematica della SISSA su “Predictive Modelling" , ref. prof. G. Rozza ...