A study by Sapienza University, the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), EY and IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia used virtual reality to measure interpersonal distance in 184 Italian and Japanese participants. The research was conducted during two major international public events: Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, and Maker Faire Rome, Italy. The findings reveal how culture, first impressions and implicit biases shape our personal space. The study has been published in Computers in Human Behavior.

For years we've been told that governments and corporations promoting individual actions like recycling are conveniently distracting citizens from wanting large-scale action on climate change. Is it true?

An international study involving LMU found regional differences in childhood lymphoid leukemia mortality across Brazil.

- Prof. Sukho Song declares a paradigm shift in the value of robotics from “performance” to “environmental and social contributions” - Presents, for the first time in the world, three new principles that future robots should uphold (Minimally Invasive, Universally Accessible, and Symbiotic) - Published in Nature Machine Intelligence (top 0.3% in JCR), a world-leading journal in AI and robotics, and featured on the cover of its July 2026 issue

Prisoners convicted of serious violent offences were found to be less aggressive and less likely to reoffend following a mental health intervention which could save money and reduce harm to society, according to new research led by King’s College London.