Alessandro Coatti: a tribute from his former course mates at the Scuola Normale 16 Aprile 2025
A student of biology from 2005 to 2010, Alessandro carried out his research activities at the Bio@SNS Laboratory. "He never accepted the mere knowledge of notions: he preferred to undertake a critical reading before going on to share with us his reflective insights".
"Breakthrough Prize 2025 in Fundamental Physics: Scientists from the Scuola Normale Superiore among the winners 8 Aprile 2025
The Breakthrough Prize Foundation has awarded $3 million to the four LHC experiments at the CERN laboratory in Geneva for the many discoveries and research studies carried out in recent years in the physics of fundamental interactions.
Oxygen discovered in most distant known galaxy 20 Marzo 2025

Two different teams of astronomers have detected oxygen in the most distant known galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0. The discovery, reported in two separate studies, was made possible thanks to the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a partner.

Maximum Distance for Physically Guaranteed Absolute Cybersecurity Established 20 Gennaio 2025
Beyond 1,000 kilometers, additional technological devices—quantum repeaters, potentially challenging to implement—are required. The research by a group of physicists from the Scuola Normale Superiore has just been published in Nature Photonics.
In the early Universe, cosmic dust grains were larger than those found in nearby galaxies 13 Gennaio 2025

Researchers from Scuola Normale Superiore and the University of Ljubljana, in collaboration with international experts, have made a groundbreaking discovery about the evolution of cosmic dust properties in galaxies in the early Universe, using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

Prolusion by Luigi Ambrosio for the inauguration of the academic year 2024/2025 19 Ottobre 2024

Welcome to the inauguration ceremony for the new academic year of the Scuola Normale Superiore, on the 214th anniversary of its foundation, 18th October 1810.

The Scuola Normale's contribution to the new, very precise measurement of the mass of the W boson 24 Settembre 2024
A new, extremely precise measurement of the mass of the W boson, the particle whose discovery in 1983 earned Carlo Rubbia - a former student of the Scuola Normale - and Simon Van der Meer the Nobel Prize in Physics, was presented a few days ago at CERN.
From Research to Business: new call for 5 PhD scholarships 10 Luglio 2024

5 scholarship are aimed at promoting innovation and the diffusion of technologies, strengthening skills, encouraging the transition towards a knowledge-based economy, as envisaged by the strategic objectives of the Scuola Normale Superiore.