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Aperitif with researchers from the European Society project
25 September 2018

​​​On the occasion of the 150th birthday of the periodic table of the elements, in collaboration with the University of Bologna, CUBO is hosting Changes. Discoveries of yesterday in today's daily life, modern research for the near future, an event to explore the secrets of chemistry, to experience the important innovations introduced in everyday life first-hand and to glimpse the great expectations for the very near future under the banner of sustainability.​


Tuesday, September 25 2018

from 04:00 PM to 07:00 PM
Changing wine

The use of sulphur dioxide is declining, the demand for organic and biodynamic wine is increasing. Because… it's good? The climate benefits production to the north- will we eventually drink English champagne?

With Claudio Riponi, oenologist. Department of Agro-Food Sciences and Technologies.

Free entry

from 04:00 PM to 07:00 PM
Footprints in cyberspace

Where do the files we upload online go and how are they stored? How is the identity of contacts determined and… how much is a click worth? Is what's written in bits certain and incontrovertible? Can we really browse worry-free, without thinking too much about it?

With Raffaella Brighi, legal and forensic IT, Department of Legal Sciences and CIRSFID.

Free entry

from 04:00 PM to 07:00 PM
Molecular machines: reality or science fiction?

The nanodevices that keep us alive, that are changing and will change our lives. How are they conceived? How are they designed when they are so small?

With Alberto Credi, chemist and nanoscientist. Department of Agro-Food Sciences and Technologies.

Free entry

from 04:00 PM to 07:00 PM
Archaeology? A new world

There is the archaeology of the evolution of the ancient landscape, of the modern urban landscape, of ancient building complexes, archaeological potential maps are being drawn up, and preventive archaeology is being carried out through the use of innovative instrumentation and methodologies. Where do we dig? Still in Pompeii? What are we looking for? Why do we search?

With Enrico Giorgi, archaeologist. Department of History, Cultures and Civilisation.

Free entry

from 04:00 PM to 07:00 PM
Solar wave: cars moved by light

Sustainable mobility is a reality: researchers design, build and race fast, zero-impact vehicles that move silently, using only the energy of the Sun. How do they work? What are the hopes, what is expected and what has been achieved?

With Cristiano Fragassa, designer, Department of Industrial Engineering.

Free entry

from 04:00 PM to 07:00 PM
Round and round, help the world

The development of biorefineries in the context of the circular economy, where waste is reintegrated into the production cycle. What can be produced? From what? How? Is it sustainable? Will it change the world? Will it help the world?

With Lorenzo Bertin, biotechnologist, Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering.

Free entry

from 04:00 PM to 07:00 PM
Climate change: today's sea will not be that of tomorrow

Climate and environmental change is a fact. From our privileged observatory, a small underwater crater that emits pure carbon dioxide, we study what the sea will be like in 25, 50...or 100 years. Will the plants still exist? What about the fish?

With Stefano Goffredo and Fiorella Prada, marine biologists, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences.

Free entry

from 04:00 PM to 07:00 PM
Blockchain: beyond cryptocurrencies

Can you understand Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies without knowing about blockchain technology? And is blockchain used only for these things?

With Andrea Omicini and Giovanni Ciatto, computer engineers, Department of Computer Science - Science and Engineering.

Free entry

from 04:00 PM to 09:59 PM
Energy and climate. The other side of the medal

Environmentalism seems to have triumphed, imposing itself on the political agendas of governments and institutions. Is this really the case? Alberto Clò illustrates the replacement cycles of energy sources, the difficulties to overcome, the costs to be incurred, the long times needed to reach the utopia of a zero-carbon society. In the awareness that technology will help to save us, a profound change in our system of values will also be necessary.

Free entry

from 05:00 PM to 09:59 PM
The strengths of the parties

Old but new, new but old: many truths are hidden in these squabbles. But what makes parties work? What allows them to promote initiatives, develop projects, recruit supporters, build consensus, entertain relationships, conduct electoral campaigns? Beyond the easy labels, Piero Ignazi helps us to turn the spotlight onto the internal life of Italian parties by capturing the fundamental transitions, from the origins to the turning points in congress, from the forms of internal organisation to the expression of their leaders.

Free entry

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Tuesday ​09:30 - 23:30
Wednesday ​​09:30 - 20:00
Thursday ​09:30 - 23:30​
Friday ​09:30 - 20:00
Saturday Closed
Sunday ​Closed​​

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​CUBO in Porta Europa - Piazza Sergio Vieira de Mello 3 e 5, Bologna

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Monday 09:30 - 20:00
Tuesday ​09:30 - 23:30
Wednesday ​​09:30 - 20:00
Thursday ​09:30 - 23:30​
Friday ​09:30 - 20:00
Saturday Closed
Sunday ​Closed​​

Location

​CUBO in Porta Europa - Piazza Sergio Vieira de Mello 3 e 5, Bologna

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