The website of the National Institute of Nuclear Physics, developed by SAY, is now online.

Press release from the National Institute of Nuclear Physics dated March 13, 2025

The National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) is revamping its digital image with a new institutional website (www.infn.it) that has been completely redesigned in terms of content, graphics, and navigation, focusing on current events and in-depth analysis in the field of fundamental physics and scientific research. 

“The new INFN website represents a change of pace from the past and is the first editorial product of a broader project that aims to give the Institute a quantum leap in its image and role in the digital world,” emphasizes Antonio Zoccoli, president of INFN. “We wanted to create an institutional communication tool that would combine the Institute’s need to communicate its activities and initiatives with our duty as a public research body to offer the wider public a source of qualified and verified information. The new website aims to establish itself as a reference tool for different user audiences and to position INFN digitally as a leading institution for fundamental physics and issues related to the role of scientific research in society,” concludes Zoccoli.

The website opens with a focus on a topical issue of relevance to INFN physics or scientific research, which is updated monthly and explored in depth through text, multimedia content, interviews, image galleries, and much more, developed ad hoc and from archives. By browsing the site, you can consult both the most current content of INFN research and in-depth content accessible from the main menu in the Physics and Technology sections, written and updated in collaboration with INFN researchers. The topics range from standard model physics to the emerging field of multi-messenger astronomy, from quantum computing to particle accelerators, with a section dedicated to technologies born from fundamental research that have found applications with a major impact on society, such as hadron therapy in medicine, non-destructive investigation techniques for cultural heritage, or the development of devices for monitoring atmospheric particulate matter and diagnostics for nuclear fission and fusion plants.

The sections Institute, Locations, and Research are dedicated to presenting the organization, its research activities, values, and scientific community, with a section dedicated to highly topical and impactful research projects involving INFN, such as Einstein Telescope, the future gravitational wave detector for which Italy has applied to be the host country, and KM3NeT, the underwater neutrino telescope that recently announced the detection of the most energetic neutrino ever observed. 

To learn about and stay up to date on initiatives dedicated to the public, such as events, exhibitions, and projects with schools, visit the Culture page, which lists current initiatives and also features a gallery of news items focused on the topic.

“The new website was created thanks to the synergy of multiple professionals who handled the graphic, technical, content, and navigation aspects. At www.infn.it, the images become an integral part of the narrative, whose textual content has been designed to promote the site’s good positioning in search engines, so that it is just a click away for internet users and, over time, becomes an effective tool for updates and a reliable source of in-depth content,” explains Marco Ciuchini, INFN Executive Committee representative for the project. “And the new INFN portal is only the first product: the project also includes the websites of the Institute’s structures, Sections and National Laboratories, and Scientific Commissions, in order to promote a consistent and recognizable image of our Institute in the digital world and to encourage dialogue with local areas and communities,” concludes Ciuchini.

Among the new features of the website is the INFN section, which allows users to customize their search for information with pages of content aggregated according to the main interests of the target audience: schools, businesses, the general public, the media, and communities. A page dedicated to the INFN community provides updates, information, and documents of interest to INFN employees and associates and to the scientific community, some of which are restricted access.

The multimedia archive has also been given a new look. Under the Media Library menu item, the new database is continuously enriched with new material, offering images, videos, and infographics on fundamental physics and its protagonists.

The new website was created thanks to the collaboration between the Communications Office, the INFN Computing and Networks Commission, and the company Say SpA. 

INFN has dedicated a campaign on its social media channels to the launch of www.infn.it: to learn more about the navigation and content of the new site, follow us on our Facebook and Instagram channels.