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What if the answer to “Are we alone in the universe?” is hidden in a laser?

From laser physics to the search for habitable planets: a forty-year scientific journey. With NIR AstroComb, near-infrared becomes the key to discovering new worlds.

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Architecture as Resistance: the voice of Ievgeniia Gubkina

The Ukrainian architect, historian and activist shares her journey through memory, trauma and reconstruction. For her, architecture is more than physical space: it is a living testimony capable of turning pain into awareness.

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Polifab: the workshop of the future at Politecnico di Milano turns 10 years old

Inside Polifab’s cleanroom, where the future of microtechnology is manufactured

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Saul Steinberg: from Politecnico to the New Yorker

Roberto Dulio tells the story of an extraordinary artist and architect, a Politecnico alumnus

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Innovation and a multidisciplinary approach to rehabilitation

Inside WE-COBOT LAB, excellence in wearable and collaborative robotics, with a focus on rehabilitation and support for vulnerable people.

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Frontiere is the magazine that tells the stories of research at the Politecnico di Milano. A website and a monthly newsletter dedicated to all those who want to know the faces and stories of the people involved in research, the activities that take place in our laboratories, the impact that all this has on our lives, on society and on the world. A sharp and accessible gaze that analyses the present, enhances the past and looks at the new frontiers of the future.

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