Italy

The genome is from a male who was likely in his late thirties when the historic Mount Vesuvius eruption occurred. The analyses suggest he is related to the diverse Imperial Roman population of the time, and that he may have suffered from spinal tuberculosis.

Neuroscientist Rita Levi-Montalcini began her Nobel Prize–winning work in a makeshift laboratory in Italy during the Second World War.

Pier Paolo Pandolfi left Harvard University last year following allegations of sexual harassment, and has since been accused of research misconduct.

China and Japan have also closed their schools, prompting universities worldwide to assess the threat this virus poses to their local and international communities.

An analysis of the En Tibi herbarium’s plants and handwriting has given clues to the identity of its maker.

The country’s new government appears to have heard the call from academics for an independent body to distribute federal research funds.

Treating the microbial community residing on a painting with probiotics may offer a way to stave off biodegradation, a study suggests.

Archaeologists unearthed the remains in a farm north of the doomed Italian city.

Italian scientists are under investigation for allegedly worsening the transmission of a pathogen that is decimating olive groves in Puglia.

Six Italian earthquake advisors, charged with manslaughter for not sounding the alarm on a 2009 temblor, had their convictions overturned.

Second review of a controversial stem cell trial in Italy has reached the same conclusion: it’s a no-go.

With support from scientists, Italy’s health minister halts a controversial clinical trial.

Italian government officials and scientists clashed last week with a controversial stem cell researcher over details of an upcoming clinical trial.

The patent application behind a controversial Italian treatment for neurodegenerative disease may contain duplicated images.

Italian students and scientists rallied in Milan in support of using animals for science.

Italian lawmakers have demanded formal approval for a controversial stem-cell therapy, but allowed some patients to continue treatment under stricter rules.

In Naples, a complex that housed an interactive science museum, a business incubator, and conference facilities burnt to the ground this week.

A scheme introduced by the Italian government to evaluate the country’s researchers and universities has come under fire from critics who say the criteria are too crude.

Seven people, including four scientists, are sentenced to 6 years imprisonment for failing to adequately assess the earthquake risk prior to a deadly 2009 quake.