Scintillator materials emit pulses of light when exposed to ionizing radiation or high-energy charged particles. They are widely used are used for in security devices for against nuclear threats, radioactive materials, for medical diagnostics, and in high-energy physics experiments. For some of these applications, it is vital to be able to distinguish between neutrons, charged particles, and 𝜸 beams.

Photoinduced modulation of neuronal activity is attracting a wide interest in neuroscience. In addition to the potential represented by optogenetics, research in this field is moving towards the development of nanomachines capable of altering the membrane potential of neuronal cells following light stimulation.

Fabio Pezzoli, Associate Professor in Experimental Physics at the Department of Materials Science of the University of Milano-Bicocca, has been invited by the editors of the prestigious scientific journal Nature Nanotechnology (Impact Factor 38.9, 2022 Journal Impact Factor, Journal Citation Report (Clarivate Analytics, 2023)) to write a News & Views editorial article, owning to his intensiv

A major breakthrough in photopolymer additive manufacturing has been achieved through a collaborative effort led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which saw the contribution of over two dozen laboratories from six countries. The “Surface Engineering and Fluid interfaces Laboratory” (SEFI Lab) from the Department of Materials Science at University of Milano-Bicocca participated to the research study, as the only representative from Italy.