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Enrico Fermi Museum: new section for the Cosmic Rays

Picture showing one of the two installation

The Enrico Fermi Museum has just unveiled its new section dedicated to cosmic rays. New technologies allow visitors to fully immerse themselves in a “cosmic rain,” shedding light on what these mysterious rays from space are and how they reach us. Check out the dedicated reel posted on the social media pages of the EEE […]

In memory of the Professor Antonino Zichichi

A.Zichichi at the Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi

With deep emotion, the Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project community – Science in Schools – expresses its condolences for the passing of Professor Antonino Zichichi, a scientist and tireless promoter of scientific culture. The EEE Project bears his imprint: an idea born in the early 2000s from his vision, which unites research and education, involving […]

EEE Project 2025 Meeting: students from all over Italy at CREF to study cosmic rays

Picture of the event taken next to the "pesci rossi" fountain

The general meeting of the Extreme Energy Events Project (EEE) gathered also this year representatives from the schools involved in the experiment: 26 institutes from all over Italy — around a hundred students and teachers — met from November 12 to 14 at the Enrico Fermi Research Center (CREF), while other schools followed and contributed remotely. The […]

PolarquEEEst 2025 – OvEEErland

PolarquEEEst 2025

The PolarquEEEst 2025 – OvEEErland mission, the new project by the EEE Collaboration researchers dedicated to studying cosmic ray fluxes at different latitudes using one of the POLA-R detectors developed within the Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project, concluded today, October 8th. The mission, which started on September 16th, was jointly organized by CREF, INFN, and the University […]

International Cosmic Ray Conference 2025

EEE researchers. From left: O.Pinazza, P.La Rocca, F.Nozzoli, L.Ghezzer

From July 14 to 24, 2025, the annual astroparticle physics conference (ICRC – International Cosmic Ray Conference) is taking place this year at the CICG (International Conference Centre) in Geneva. Four members of the EEE collaboration presented results on various topics related to the Project and particle physics. Below are the official links to the […]

EEE Collaboration Meeting 2025

Collaboration group and the EEE Collaboration Meeting 2025

On July 7 and 8,  Enrico Fermi  Research Center (CREF) hosted the meeting of the EEE Collaboration (Extreme Energy Events Project). The experiment, a result of the collaboration between CREF and INFN (National Institute for Nuclear Physics), is dedicated to the study of cosmic rays and outreach activities in over 70 schools participating in the […]

Run Coordination Meeting – 28th May 2025

Run Coordination Meeting logo

Yesterday, Wednesday, May 28, the last Run Coordination meeting of this school year took place. Once again, the monthly meeting with the schools of the EEE Project featured students as the protagonists, with presentations on their analysis work both on EEE telescope data and on measurements carried out with the Cosmic Box. A video recounting […]

EEE at the North Pole

EEE Project to the North Pole

POLA-R Detectors at the “Dirigibile Italia” Research Base in Svalbard islands Since May 12 to May 19, a team of researchers from the EEE Collaboration – Francesco Noferini (INFN Bologna), Alessandro Corvaglia (INFN Lecce), and Corrado Cicalò (INFN Cagliari) – have conducted maintenance work on the POLA-R detectors at the CNR research station “Dirigibile Italia” […]

EEE Researchers Night 2024

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On September 27 and 28, 2024, the European Researchers’ Night will take place with various initiatives in many Italian cities. The EEE Project will participate with the following activities: – Marco Garbini will be at the Città dell’Altra Economia in Rome with a stand dedicated to measurements using Cosmic Boxes – Marco Selvi will be […]

EEE Project General Meeting 2023

Group picture with the participants

The general meeting of the Extreme Energy Events Project– Science in Schools  has just ended at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro dell’INFN. Hundred students and teachers from schools across Italy participated in the event in person, together with EEE researchers, and many others followed remotely. During the three days, from 27 to 29 November, some […]