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, ...

The call for applications for the 2026 Fellowships of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei is now open, divided into the following categories:Postdoctoral Fellowships"Lina Rizzo" for research in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The next SISSA Colloquium will be held on Monday, June 9 2025, at 14:00 in Aula Magna Budinich, with a lecture by Bernd Sturmfels (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, and ...

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 ...

Contrary to what is established by the standard model, dark matter may indeed be self-interacting. This was the conclusion of a new piece of research published in "Astronomy & Astrophysics" (A&A) and ...

Soroptimist International d'Italia is organising a free training course for young female graduates entitled Futuro al Femminile: Women in Leadership. The course is part of a joint Soroptimist of Italy ...