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I tell you about (my) research

The stories of the researchers from their own voices. Interviews, conferences, stories that make us better acquainted with the people who every day continue the mission of projecting the research of the Politecnico di Milano towards the future.

Studying drug safety in pregnancy: the PROTECT project

The safety of medications during pregnancy remains one of the most complex and least explored areas of medicine: PROTECT was created to fill this gap.

The invisible price of soy

From Brazil to China, the journey of a crop that consumes water, land and forests

Nano sensor detects forever chemicals hidden in water

With METASENSE project, Margherita Maiuri aims to develop a compact and reusable device for monitoring PFAS in water.

Where Engineering Meets the Brain

Between neural models and precision medicine, Alberto Antonietti works to better understand neurological diseases.

BAMBI: when research meets life

A safe, accessible, and easy-to-use device to counter postpartum haemorrhage.

Rediscovered time, rediscovered neighborhoods: smart working redesigns Milan and Europe

Ilaria Mariotti discusses the new geography of work, including urban scenarios, territorial policies, and new inequalities.

Human Creativity and Generative Artificial Intelligence. How Imagination and Algorithms Come Together.

When imagination becomes a hybrid process, between prompts, the model's "personality" and critical thinking.

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…

Microgravity, macro questions: COLIS, twenty years of physics from Earth to space

In microgravity, lasers and light analysis allow us to observe how gels and soft materials rearrange themselves over time.

Milan–Cortina 2026: the science behind ski mountaineering at the Olympics

From metabolic tests to wearable sensors, Human Performance–E4Sport studies to optimize gesture, equipment and strategy.