18. September 2025

A new scientific contribution has just been published in The European Physical Journal Plus, under the Focus Point on CBRNE Events: Prevention, Mitigation, Consequences and Recovery, linked to the SICC Series CBRNe Conference 2023. The article, titled “Luminescent sensors with differential fading for nuclear safeguards” (Regular Article, Vol. 140, Article number 874, 2025), presents an innovative approach to nuclear safeguards by testing passive tamper-indicating devices based on...

16. September 2025

A new scientific article has been published in Problems of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Volume 53, Number 2/2025), focusing on emergency management strategies in hospitals against the emerging Norovirus Kawasaki variant. The study, entitled “Infections and Norovirus Kawasaki Variant: A Review on Emergency Management in Hospitals”, is authored by: Gian Marco Ludovici, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of...

14. September 2025

On September 12th, 2025, at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, the candidates of the 1st and 2nd Level International Master Courses in Protection against CBRNe Events successfully defended their final theses. For the 1st Level Master Course (A.Y. 2022/2023 – 2023/2024), the admitted candidates were: AL-NABHANI HAMED ZAHRAN VALGIMIGLI GIOVANNI VERNARECCI STEFANO For the 2nd Level Master Course (A.Y. 2022/2023), the admitted candidates were: CORINA ANGELA CHIARA KROPP MATTEO For the 2nd Level...

10. September 2025

A new article has been published in Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine: “Human metapneumovirus hospital emergency management using a CBRNe approach: a review” by G.M. Ludovici, P.A. Tassi, A. Iannotti, C. Russo, R. Quaranta, G. Giuga, S. Rao, and A. Malizia. 📖 Full text available here: https://www.infectiousjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/09/Art.-37357-IDTM.pdf Citation: Ludovici G. M., Tassi P. A., Iannotti A., Russo C., Quaranta R., Giuga G., Rao S., Malizia A....

09. September 2025

Nella giornata di ieri, presso l’Istituto Superiore Antincendi di Roma, il Prof. Andrea Malizia – Direttore dei Master Internazionali in Protezione da Eventi CBRNe dell’Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata – ha incontrato l’Ing. Francesco Notaro, recentemente nominato dal Consiglio dei Ministri (luglio 2025) Direttore Centrale della Formazione del Corpo Nazionale dei Vigili del Fuoco, una delle posizioni apicali di dirigente generale del CNVVF. Il confronto ha rappresentato un...

07. September 2025

A new article titled “The threat of Monkeypox virus: a review of its potential use as a biological weapon” has been published in the European Physical Journal Plus, authored by Gian Marco Ludovici (Principal Investigator), Claudio Ricci, Guglielmo Manenti, Riccardo Quaranta, and Andrea Malizia. The paper begins by framing bioterrorism as the intentional use of highly pathogenic microorganisms—bacteria, viruses, or their toxins—to spread large-scale diseases with religious, ideological,...

04. September 2025

We are pleased to congratulate Dr. Dieter Rothbacher for the publication of his article “Real-time detection of residual HD contamination levels after decontamination with selected decontamination agents” in The European Physical Journal Plus (Volume 140, Article number 825, 2025). This work, part of the Special Issue “Focus Point on CBRNE Events: Prevention, Mitigation, Consequences and Recovery”, provides innovative insights into the use of PTR-ToF-MS technology for the real-time...

29. August 2025

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new open access review article in Journal of Global Biosecurity: “Nipah Virus Outbreaks: A CBRNE Framework for Global Biocontainment” Authors: Gian Marco Ludovici, Paola Amelia Tassi, Alba Iannotti, Colomba Russo, Riccardo Quaranta, Gabriele Giuga, Sabrina Rao & Andrea Malizia (2025) 👉 https://jglobalbiosecurity.com/index.php/up-j-gb/article/view/327 Abstract Nipah virus (NiV), a deadly zoonotic pathogen with a fatality rate ranging...

23. August 2025

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new article in The European Physical Journal Plus: “Geri, F., Leonardi, M., Quaranta, R. et al. Overview of the Italian national plan for nuclear emergencies: a review article. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 140, 789 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06720-3” This review article explains the conditions underlying the development of the Italian National Plan for the management of radiological and nuclear emergencies and its implementation...

14. August 2025

A new study led by Gian Marco Ludovici, Paola Amelia Tassi, Alba Iannotti, Colomba Russo, Riccardo Quaranta, Guglielmo Manenti, and Andrea Malizia sheds light on a potentially high-impact zoonotic virus, HKU5-CoV-2. This novel lineage within the Merbecovirus subgenus—originating from bats—is phylogenetically related to the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Significantly, HKU5-CoV-2 has demonstrated the...