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Three members of the Open Lab team at the Festival Internazionale dell'Ingegneria, Politecnico di Milano

Public outreach · September 2026

Optofluidics at the Festival Internazionale dell'Ingegneria

Politecnico di Milano · Campus Leonardo

The Open Lab “Optofluidica: tecnologie microscopiche per grandi sfide, dalla salute all'ambiente” introduced visitors to optofluidics and its potential applications in health and environmental research.

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Training & education · 13–17 July 2026

EXPLORER researcher contributes to SoSMARTCPS 2026 Summer School

Ortigia, Syracuse, Italy

Petra Paiè (Politecnico di Milano) delivered a lecture on 13 July at the SoSMARTCPS 2026 Summer School, dedicated to smart cyber-physical systems for digital health. The school's programme also covered high-throughput imaging and microfluidics for biomedical applications.

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Partner news · December 2025

QSensato shares its contribution to EXPLORER

EXPLORER consortium · QSensato

QSensato reported on its participation in the EXPLORER kick-off meeting. Co-founder Prof. Annalisa Volpe represented the company and introduced its involvement in the consortium's interdisciplinary research activities.

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Project event · 20–21 November 2025

EXPLORER Kick-off Meeting

Politecnico di Milano · Milan, Italy

The EXPLORER consortium came together at Politecnico di Milano for the project's kick-off meeting. Partners introduced their expertise, research objectives and planned collaborative activities to study extreme and remote natural environments using photonic technologies.

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