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Academic Ranking of World Universities 2023: Unipd confirms its top national performance

15.08.2023

According to the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy The University of Padua confirmed its performance, remaining between 151st and 200th place worldwide and reaching the top ranking in Italy along with La Sapienza, the University of Milan and the University of Pisa

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legno
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Tree rings reveal it is hotter now than in the last 1200 years

09.08.2023

According to a 1200 year timescale based on tree rings, we are experiencing unprecedented warming. Such finding are the result of the international research team coordinated by Prof Marco Carrer of the University of Padua, and by Georg von Arx of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research WSL

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Unipd research: DNA paves the way for new therapeutic targets

09.08.2023

Realized by the University of Padua, a study demonstrates that i-motifs (iMs) and G-quadruplexes (G4s) are not only present in live human cells, therefore in non-acidic conditions, they also perform a control function in the expression of cellular genes

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flowers
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Unipd research: the best pollinators come from nature

08.08.2023

Published in Nature Communications by Elena Gazzea and Lorenzo Marini of the University of Padua, a new study quantifies the effect of pollinators on crop quality through a global scaled meta-analysis of a statistical technique using a quantitative synthesis of existing literature

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Revealing the dramatic effects of heatwaves on wildlife and ecosystems

08.08.2023

A study published in «Global Change Biology» experimentally demonstrates the dramatic effect that heat waves can have on some wild bird species in the Mediterranean area. The study was conducted by the University of Milan in close collaboration with the University of Padua, CNR-IRSA, ISPRA and the Province of Matera

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