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Heart activity, not brain activity, is what triggers an emotional response

30.05.2022

The University of Pisa, in collaboration with the University of Padua and the University of California Irvine, published a study which analyzed the mechanism that leads us to experience specific emotions in the face of certain stimuli, investigating the theory that the root of emotional response comes from the heart

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Unipd offers an even more accessible website

27.05.2022

The University of Padua, one of the first universities in Italy to do so, has chosen to integrate a software capable of further simplifying access to content and web pages called AccessyWay. The web accessibility tool allows those with temporary and non-temporary disabilities to surf the net with assistive technologies

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Understanding the human genome through geometry

24.05.2022

A new tool to address this challenge comes from mathematics, particularly fractal geometry, which makes it possible to characterize individual variations in all world populations. This is the result of the multicenter study carried out by the National Research Council (CNR-Irib, CNR-Istc, CNR-Iasi) and the University of Padua, published in International Journal of Neural Systems

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Improved procedures and added confidentiality protection for Alias Careers

23.05.2022

The University has revised the procedures for accessing and managing Alias Careers. The improved method now makes it easier and improves confidentiality to protect transgender individuals.

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Glutamine and aspartate support tumor proliferation

23.05.2022

What metabolic processes should we inhibit to block tumor growth? The research group led by Massimo Santoro of the Department of Biology at the University of Padua answered this question in the article entitled “Aspartate metabolism in endothelial cells activates the mTORC1 pathway to initiate translation during angiogenesis.”

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