A revolutionary 4D ingestible capsule unfolds like a patch to promote the healing of intestinal ulcers

The device is equipped with an antenna to track its position inside the body and is one of the latest applications of four-dimensional printing for the medicine of the future
The Nutrafood Centre has signed an agreement with the Shiology Centre of Renmin University (China)

The collaboration was signed during the 5th World Shiology Forum in Haikou, strengthening the ties between the University of Pisa and one of China’s leading academic institutions
Synchronised smiles, shared pleasure: the evolutionary roots of sexual communication

A study conducted by the University of Pisa reveals that, in bonobos, shared pleasure is closely linked to reciprocal facial expressions, offering new insights into the evolutionary origins of human non-verbal communication
The Contamination Lab at the University of Pisa has been recognised as one of the best practices in Europe for entrepreneurship education

The Pisa-based initiative is featured as one of the most innovative models in the EU report “Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindsets in Education”
Professor Dino Pedreschi has been appointed Vice-Chair of the EU working group on the transparency of AI-generated content

The professor from the University of Pisa will contribute to drafting the “Code of Practice” of the AI Act, which focuses on the recognisability of content produced by generative artificial intelligence
“Toxic-free” products: Europe awards the SUSTECH project an ERC Synergy Grant worth approximately EUR 10 million

The international project, which involves the University of Pisa and the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, will use computational chemistry and artificial intelligence to explore how to prevent the spread of hazardous substances from the design stage of everyday goods and consumer products.
Fermilab’s SQMS Center funded with $125 million to shape the future of quantum information science

The University of Pisa among partners of Chicago lab led by alumna Anna Grassellino.
War? Not the natural condition of humankind — The latest book by Tommaso Greco

In Critica della ragione bellica (Laterza, 2025), Professor Greco puts forward ‘legal pacifism’ as a means of safeguarding peace before war breaks out
Patents filed by women in Italy between 1861 and 1939 have been catalogued for the first time: the first was a lady from Genoa

1,878 patents were filed, accounting for 0.7% of the total, spanning every field including mechanics, the textile industry, transport, armaments, and innovations for the home. Tuscany is a particular focus, with Pisa and Florence standing out
Diet and Dental Diseases in Pre-Roman Italy: Periodontitis Already Present in Etruscan and Samnite Populations

Research by the University of Pisa, in collaboration with the University of Zurich and the University of Basel, published in the Journal of Proteomics