Dear All,

Four the fourth year in a row, ICTP has partnered in the creation of the podcast "Alla Ricerca", featuring researchers working in Trieste and in its region, Friuli Venezia Giulia, to discuss how science impacts our daily lives.

ICTP researchers Serafina Di Gioia and Nicola Seriani are among the scientists who have contributed to the new season, and their episodes will be released in the next few weeks.

Serafina Di Gioia has participated in the episode entitled “Chi è stato? La natura dei nessi causali” (Who did that? The nature of causal links), which looks at how researchers use Artificial Intelligence to recognise true causal links without being misled by appearances. The episode will be aired on 23 December 2025.

Nicola Seriani, a research scientist in ICTP’s Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics section, discusses how simulations can help us design more sustainable and effective materials in the episode entitled “I materiali del futuro sono già qui” (The materials of the future are already here), to come out on 13 January 2026.

New episodes will be released every Tuesday until 20 January as part of the radio programme Radar, on air from 11:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Rai Radio 1 FVG. They will all be available for streaming on: https://www.raiplaysound.it/programmi/allaricerca

‘Alla Ricerca’ is produced thanks to a collaboration between the local broadcast company RAI Friuli Venezia Giulia, and the science institutes Area Science Park, SISSA, and ICTP.

We hope you will enjoy the podcast!

ICTP Public Information Office