The japanese scientist Hiroshi Amano has been awarded an honorary degree by the University of Milano-Bicocca. In 2014, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the blue light LED, which made lighting more energy-efficient and affordable.

Published in Physical Review Letters, the study revolutionizes traditional methods in gravitational-wave astronomy

In an article in “Nature Astronomy”, Sebastiano Cantalupo and Weichen Wang, professor and post-doc of the “Cosmic Web” research group at the University of Milano-Bicocca, describe the discovery of a huge galactic disk in the early stages of the universe’s development. The study was conducted thanks to data received from the James Webb Space Telescope, opening a new window on the initial stages of galaxy formation.

Artificial intelligence could help doctors define the risk of malignancy in ovarian tumours using ultrasound. This is the conclusion of a new study conducted by the University of Milano-Bicocca and the IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori Foundation.

Hemoglobin Monza is the name of a newly identified unstable hemoglobin variant associated with acute hemolytic anaemia in paediatric patients. It was discovered at the IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori Foundation in Monza and studied using artificial intelligence and other advanced techniques.

With the European funding awarded to Professor Pietro Sternai from the Department of Environmental and Earth Sciences, Milano-Bicocca will lead the MATRICs research project. The project aims to reconstruct the effects of volcanic CO2 emissions on Earth's climate in its geological past to enhance understanding of the consequences of anthropogenic emissions on the present and future climate.

The MeerKAT Pulsar Timing Array (MPTA) collaboration has confirmed evidence of a cosmic gravitational wave background, a signal believed to originate from a population of spiralling supermassive black hole binaries. Thanks to its unprecedented sensitivity, the MPTA experiment stands out as the most powerful detector of ultra-low-frequency gravitational waves in the southern hemisphere. This capability has enabled researchers to precisely map the distribution of gravitational waves across the universe.