We are pleased to present the first 2018 issue of “Sapienza Research Highlights.” It is the second issue of this new magazine dedicated to research, after our December 2017 “Number Zero.”

This research review aims to provide academics, young researchers, enterprise and all of our stakeholders with a review of new knowledge, as well as to promote scientific debate for the betterment of society. It includes a selection of the most notable results achieved by our university, during the last 6 months, in all areas of inquiry.

Sapienza University promotes dynamic, multi-faceted and high-quality research that has positive repercussions on academia, enterprise and society at large. Sapienza is a research university with a community composed by 3,500 professors and researchers, that educates 113,000 students. In the years running from 2007 to 2018, Sapienza has been awarded 41 ERC Grants and has been involved in many collaborative projects in both the FP7 and Horizon 2020 European Research Programmes.