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ENEA and Exergon Ventures announced a five-year cooperation agreement on advanced nuclear technologies on 15 October. The work covers Gen III/III+ light-water small modular reactors and fourth-generation advanced modular reactors.
Italy’s National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) and energy company IP announced a four-year memorandum of cooperation on 15 October. The work will focus on renewable energy carriers including hydrogen, e-fuels and biofuels.
Italy’s industry ministry said companies could begin filing completion communications for New Transition 5.0 investments through the GSE platform from noon on 15 October. The filing applies to projects that have already received a positive confirmation.
The agriculture ministry announced a €30 million programme on 15 October to replant olive groves affected by Xylella fastidiosa or convert them to other tree crops. The ministry said support may also cover trees uprooted since April 2019 and that AGEA will process applications through the SIAN system.
The announced design provides 450 MW of capacity and seven hours of storage, with the ministry seeking a private-sector partner.
The support will upgrade the plant's infrastructure and machinery and improve its production operations.
Opposite vertical voltages applied to two regions of a Bi₄Ti₃O₁₂ film reversed its horizontal polarization, a result that could inform low-voltage memory designs.
Eligible labs at US universities can apply for up to 30 free seats for up to 12 months; model access requires approval.
In a survey of 858 IT decision-makers, most respondents expressed confidence in governance while far fewer said they were ready to resolve conflicts among agents.
The portfolio platform adds natural-language work with client and portfolio data, MCP connections to compatible AI tools, and custom workflow creation.
Customers can create indexes in a shared capacity pool in their own cloud without sizing each index in advance.
The open HTTP protocol is designed to verify whom an agent represents and the transaction terms a user has signed.
