Scuola Normale ranks 27th in the world and is the only Italian university in the first 200 according to RUR World University Rankings 19 Maggio 2022

The 2022 edition of the international ranking that analyzes the performances of 829 university institutes using data provided by the US firm Clarivate Analytics has been published. The second Italian university ranks 230th.

The secrets of drugs (and beyond) unveiled by a laser beam 16 Maggio 2022

For the first time the molecular organization of a drug has been deciphered without interfering with its structure.

The first molecular orbital theory for molecules interacting with quantum light 15 Marzo 2022

Molecular orbital theory is known to be a fundamental tool to rationalize and predict electronic properties and reactive pathways of molecular systems in chemistry.

A patent from the Scuola Normale has been selected for the Dubai Expo 2 Marzo 2022

The PISA platform, developed by the Biology Laboratory run by Professor Cattaneo, will participate in the final competition of the “Intellectual Property Award 2021” announced by the Ministry of Economic Development.

“Conversi Prize” awarded to Tommaso Pajero, PhD in Physics at Scuola Normale 24 Febbraio 2022

Pajero will receive the award for the best doctoral thesis in the field of subnuclear physics on 19 May at the INFN in Rome. The thesis was discussed under the supervision of Michael J. Morello.

A researcher of the Scuola Normale Superiore wins EU funding for the investigation of Galactic superwinds. 11 Gennaio 2022

Stefano Carniani, of the SNS Cosmology and Astrophysics Group, has secured 1 million 200 thousand euros in the form of an ERC Starting Grant, with a scientific project aiming to study the winds emitted by super-massive black holes, aided

Producing electricity from heat losses. The NEST Laboratory engineers the first device capable of achieving it in a controlled manner. 25 Novembre 2021
It is now possible to create a new generation of “smart” thermoelectric systems to generate clean electricity. The work, resulting from research carried out at the NEST laboratory of the Scuola Normale Superiore, gained the frontispiece in the Advanced Functional Materials scientific journal.
Donatella Della Porta receives the “Humboldt Research Award” 18 Novembre 2021
The prestigious prize has been awarded to the scholar, professor at the Scuola Normale, for the major impact of her research to the field of political and social sciences.