Quality and safety of food items are two related and essential yardsticks, of particular importance in the case of fermented and/or processed food products.

In this context, meat and charcuterie products are today important issues. Recently, the IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer) defined red meat as “probably carcinogenic” (group 2A) and processed meat (cured meats and charcuterie products) as “carcinogenic” (group 1).

The UFSD project sets out to develop a detector of charged particles, which can measure with extreme precision both the position and flight time, able to combine temporal resolutions of ~30 picoseconds with spatial resolutions of 20-30 micron.

The project develops a new technology, silicon detectors with an internal multiplication effect, optimising the design for precise time measurement. Many practical applications are possible, and the project is attracting partners interested in specific developments for various fields of physics.

An innovative approach to cancer vaccines.
 

Partners:

• Humanitas University
• Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples
• Università Bicocca, Milan

Each year, the olive oil industry produces huge quantities of production waste with enormous disposal costs in order to avoid toxic pollution of land and water resources.