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Biomolecular engineers developed versatile antibodies to solve reverse inflammatory diseases

Developed new generation of antibodies that reversed chronic inflammation: results published on Nature Communications.

It is possible to predict the stock market indices by ‘reading’ millions of tweets

The analysis of tweets can predict changes in the volatility of equity markets. This is revealed by research conducted by the Centre for Experimental Research in Management and Economics at Ca’ Foscari in collaboration with GAM.

Deborah Paci tells us about her work in History, from precariousness to big data

Historians should play a more active role in public discourse and political decisions should be based on correcting the mistakes of the past. The contemporary historian Deborah Paci is convinced of this.

Rapid and localised vaccinations can prevent a Cholera epidemic

An international team of mathematical model designers, experts in public health and doctors analysed the high-resolution data of an epidemic that hit the capital of Chad in 2011. Results published in PLOS Medicine.

Sustainable tourism on the Adriatic Coast, part of the Interreg project

Researchers and local institutions involved in the challenge faced by three regions on the Adriatic Coast (Veneto, Puglia, Istria) and three destinations: Split, Dubrovnik, Venice.

The Cold War Art Archives presented in Los Angeles

At the major international Art Historian Convention, Matteo Bertelé, researcher at the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage, presided over a session he devised and dedicated to the cultural history of artistic practices in Europe during the Cold War.

Nanomaterials: what are the environmental and health risks?

An answer can be found in the European project SUN (Sustainable Nanotechnologies Project), which was given 13 million euros of funding from the European Commission.

Successful Relocation: phanerogams repopulate the Lagoon

Relocation of phanerogams in the lagoon coordinated by Ca' Foscari has been successful, covering 400 acres of the seabed with aquatic plants, increasing the biodiversity and the ecologic state of the improving area.

Susanne Franco for #womeninresearch: dance and theatre at University

Susanne Franco is a researcher and professor of History of Dance and History of Theatre and Performing Arts at Ca’ Foscari, and is part of the research team, “Creative Arts, Cultural Heritage and Digital Humanities”.