27.09.2023
For the third consecutive edition, the World University Ranking confirms the University of Padua top performance at a global level by placing it in the 201-250 range. Such results come despite the increase in the number of universities evaluated
27.09.2023
An important study conducted by Paduan research teams has shown that the prognosis of glioblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor for which no effective therapies exist yet, depends on the density of brain connections
20.09.2023
Debuting a new specific ranking scheme, the QS agency evaluated 690 European institutions from 42 independent states for which 52 universities are considered. Within this specified ranking scheme, Padua places in the 13th percentile for the best European universities
19.09.2023
The new University of Padua Climate Change Study Centre in Rovigo is open.With a focus on interdisciplinary research, risk assessment training, land changes, climate projections, High Performance Computing, Cloud and Big Data technology it will act as a provider of climate change study and services for academic research groups
08.09.2023
The surface area and volume of the Marmolada Glacier continues to shrink at an accelerated pace, as confirmed by the annual measurements conducted by geographers and glaciologists of the University of Padua. Such findings paint an increasingly bleak picture of the state of health of the most important glacier found along the Dolomite Alps
08.09.2023
The two year GLAMS Project of the University of Padua, receives funding of over 400,000 euros by the Italian Space Agency as it ranks first in the thematic area "Advanced Materials" and overall winner of the "Days of Academic Space Research" call
08.09.2023
In the contest of the Starting Grants 2023 call, Unipd will receive 5.4M euros, a historic record for a single call. Unipd also places first among public universities and second in Italy for the number of Starting Grant projects awarded
22.08.2023
A study carried out by a Unipd research team made it possible to understand the role of water phase change on the behaviour of rocks in conditions similar to those that characterize high temperature geothermal systems
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
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
