As part of the “More women in Physics project” to promote and support girls in the study of Physics, the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) is launching a competition for the awarding of n. 25 scholarships for master’s students meeting the following requirements:

• Enrollment and matriculation for the entire academic year 2023/2024 in the first year of a master’s degree course in Physics or Universe Sciences
• Bachelor’s degree in physics obtained by 31 December 2023, with a grade of no less than 100/110 and with a weighted average of exam scores taken of no less than 26/30 (the weighted average is determined by multiplying the number of credits obtained in each exam for the grade obtained, the sum of the products obtained is divided by the total sum of the credits obtained).

The duration of the scholarship is one year, renewable for a further year. The gross amount of the scholarship is set at €1,500.00 and will be paid in the first month of starting the scholarship. Applications to participate in the competition must be completed and sent to the INFN electronically via the website https://reclutamento.dsi.infn.it no later than January 31, 2024 by 11.59.59 pm.
The announcement can be consulted at the link:
https://jobs.dsi.infn.it/dettagli_job.php?id=3763

 

 

“More women in Physics”

The award, intended for students enrolled in the first year of the master’s degree course in experimental and theoretical physics, was established by the INFN to promote and support girls in the study of physics and increase the presence of women in the world of research and work.

Of the 25 students awarded on 28 September in the presence of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of the INFN, 5 are enrolled at the University of Bologna.

Each student has received a scholarship of 1500 euros as an incentive to undertake their studies in Physics in the fields of interest to the INFN.

 

Matilde Dondi – Nuclear Physics
“Research is a fascinating challenge: I would like to be able to share the wonder and importance of physics even with those who don’t study it.”

 

Gaia Fabbri – Nuclear Physics
“I hope to continue learning, to always learn new things, and to never lose interest and passion for what I study.”

 

Alessia Musumeci – Theory Physics
“I love Physics because it allows me to explore and discover, day after day, something new and fascinating.”

 

Beatrice Magni – Theory Physics
“The thirst to know how the world around us works, from the infinitely small to the infinitely large, induced me to study Physics.” 

 

Noa De Cristofaro – Technological Research
“I would like to learn about new approaches to the research topics that interest me so that one day I can create something to make our presence on Earth more sustainable.”

 

 

 

 

The European Researchers’ Night returns, Friday 29 September 2023. Researchers from the university and research institutes of Bologna are waiting for youin Piazza Lucio Dalla from 6pm onwards to spend an evening together with workshops, demonstrations, games, presentations, for adults and children.

The event program is available here:
https://www.nottedeiricercatori-society.eu/la-notte

The European Researchers’ Night is an initiative promoted by the European Commission involving thousands of researchers and research institutions every year in all European countries. Society riPENSAci is a CNR project, in partnership with INAF, INFN, INGV, UniBo, UniFe, CINECA, ComunicaMente and Naxta which in 2023 brings the
European Researchers’ Night to Bologna, to Ferrara under the directionof the University of Ferrara, and in the other cities of Emilia Romagna that host the Campuses of the University of Bologna: Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna and Faenza, Rimini.

As part of “Waiting for the European Researchers’ Night 2023”, 

Wednesday 27 Settembre – 9.00 pm

Aula Magna – Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Via Irnerio 46 – Bologna.

Projection of the film ‘Beppo’ dedicated to the astrophysicist and speleologist Giuseppe Occhialini. Followed by a celebratory conference.

FREE ACCESS, subject to availability

Reserve your place : https://l.infn.it/beppo-ndr2023

After a brief introduction by the President of the Italian Speleological Society, Sergio Orsini, the film ‘Beppo’ by Roberto Tronconi, director and speleologist, will be screened.

“Beppo” recounts the scientist’s life between discoveries in the field of astrophysics and speleological explorations.

The film is followed by a round table discussion with the participation of the director of the film Roberto Tronconi himself and the Vice-President of the Occhialini Foundation, Filippo Martelli.

 

 

The satellite lifted off from Cape Canaveral on July 1, 2023 and reached its destination orbit a few days ago at 1.5 million km from our planet capturing the first test images.

Euclid is an ESA scientific project in which Italy partecipates through the Italian Space Agency (ASI), the National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF) and the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN).

The group of the INFN Division of Bologna started together with that of Padua the INFN participation in the mission in 2015.

The satellite is equipped with a 1.2 m reflecting telescope and two scientific instruments: the VISible instrument, (VIS) and the Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer, (NISP). They are designed to provide very sharp images of the extragalactic sky and perform near-infrared spectroscopy of millions of galaxies. Euclid’s overarching scientific goal is to reach a detailed understanding of dark matter and dark energy, invisible components that make up 95% of the composition of the universe, and to provide decisive measurements also in sectors in which INFN has always been involved, such as neutrino physics, complementary in this area to the research carried out in laboratories.

Researchers and technicians of the Bologna Section and of CNAF, coordinated by Gabriele Sirri, contributed to the integration, testing and validation of the warm electronics of the NISP instrument, to the functional tests of the flight software, to the test campaign at the LAM laboratory (Marseille), and provided support for in-flight commissioning.

The Bologna group, which includes researchers from the INFN Division, CNAF, DIFA and INAF-OASBO, is ready to exploit scientific data with the main objective of focusing on the study of the properties of neutrinos and dark energy.

The first snapshots are still early test images, taken to check the instruments and review how the spacecraft can be further tweaked and refined. These are raw, largely unprocessed images, some unwanted artefacts remain – for example the cosmic rays that shoot straight across.

The image above was acquired by the NISP instrument sensitive to near infrared frequencies (900-2000 nm) with an exposure of about 2 minutes.

ESA story: Euclid test images tease of riches to come