Appointment this afternoon in Cagliari from 6 to 8 pm, in the Giorgio Pisano room of L'Unione Sarda (piazza L'Unione Sarda), for the conference entitled "Infn 70 years dedicated to research - Infn research in Cagliari" .

The meeting, which comes on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the birth of the Infn , National Institute of Nuclear Physics, will be an opportunity to share over thirty years of scientific activity of the Cagliari section , established in 1989 with a commitment to largest national and international projects to discover the universe and search for answers to the most fascinating mysteries of nature that still remain open today.

“A history characterized by a close relationship of collaboration with the University of Cagliari and by a significant international projection, but also by a strong link with its territory”, explains Alberto Masoni , director of the Infn Section of Cagliari.

“Initially the experimental activity was projected towards CERN - continues Masoni - and has brought important results and acknowledgments at national and international level. In recent years, Sardinia itself has become a strategic area of global significance for scientific research, in particular in the field of physics, thanks to the actions undertaken by the Infn, the characteristics of the territory, the collaboration of the our Institute with the two Sardinian universities, the Region of Sardinia, and the other research bodies and local institutions ”.

The event will open with an intervention by the Infn President Antonio Zoccoli , and will continue with the story and research of the Infn section of Cagliari through four main themes. Research at CERN , the largest and most important laboratory in the world dedicated to particle physics, the first and main reference laboratory for the Infn. And then the Aria Project , the highest cryogenic column in the world, currently being installed in Sardinia, in a Sulcis mine, an essential element of DARKSIDE: one of the world's leading experiments for the research of dark matter, at the Laboratories Nationals of the Gran Sasso of the Infn, and also an exceptional opportunity for applied research and innovation in the territory. The , the future European laboratory dedicated to gravitational waves, has its ideal location at the Sos Enattos site, near Lula. A world-class scientific infrastructure but also an extraordinary economic engine for the region that will host it. And the , in which the Cagliari section is committed with conviction, involving every year over 2,000 students and a hundred teachers.