Research

Hopfield and Hinton win the Nobel Prize in Physics 2024

John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton won the Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 ‘for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks’. We asked Professors Achille Giacometti and Guido Caldarelli (Theoretical Physics), and Marcello Pelillo (Informatics) for their comments.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper

This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to David Baker for ‘computational protein design',and to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper, for ‘protein structure prediction’. The comment of Alessandro Angelini, Professor of Biochemistry at the Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems.

A research project investigates Venetian inscriptions on Cyprus

Ca' Foscari's project “La lettera e il Leone" explores the Public Communication Strategies of the Serenissima through Texts and Stone Imagery. The Project Launches the First European Open Access Platform Dedicated to Venetian Renaissance Inscriptions.

 

Elderly population against immigrants: hurtful paradox in ageing countries

A study by Valerio Dotti, an economist at Ca' Foscari, shows how the voting choices of the elderly can favour short-sighted policies on immigration and public spending. ‘Open immigration policies can be good for the public purse’. The study is published in the Journal of Public Economics

Biomolecules from yeast for innovative drugs: the Arzanya spinoff

The recent health emergency has emphasised the need for the development of advanced technologies to quickly identify new-generation drugs that are safe, affordable, and have a reduced environmental impact. The Ca' Foscari spinoff Arzanya was established specifically to address the emerging needs of the healthcare system and pharmaceutical companies. It offers an innovative solution for identifying biomolecules and has the ability to translate biotechnological research into practical outcomes for human well-being.