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On 17 September, Fano Marine Center inaugurated its local Biodiversity Gateway, focusing on non-native marine species. Its AlienLab complements the educational aquarium with simulations and virtual reality, helping visitors understand how organisms from elsewhere establish themselves in the Mediterranean. The exhibition also uses ORMEF, an archive tracing the history of more than two hundred non-native fish species. [1]
The University of Bologna also reports eight new laboratories for biology, chemistry, microscopy and oceanography, alongside upgraded building systems. This construction project received €1.48 million in Italian recovery-plan funding: completed facilities, rather than a biological invasion already brought under control. [2]
The bright side
Research and public education gain tools in the same place. The tangible benefit is access to data and changes that are hard to observe from a beach, while new laboratories strengthen the ability to investigate them. [2]
Straight from the source.
- Inaugurazione della sede di Fano del Biodiversity Gateway e degli spazi per ospitare nuovi laboratori Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche · 17 Sept 2026
- Inaugurati la sede di Fano del Biodiversity Gateway e gli spazi per ospitare nuovi laboratori Università di Bologna — UniboMagazine · 17 Sept 2026
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