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New 3D printing methods to create cost-effective products with composite and hybrid materials for the aeronautical, automotive, missile and pharmaceutical sectors. This is the outcome of the project AMICO funded with 8 million euro, half of which by the Ministry of University and Research. ENEA participates in the project as a partner of IMAST (lead partner), the Italian technological district for the engineering of composite and polymeric materials and structures which also includes Leonardo, FCA Italy, MBDA, Dompé Farmaceutici, Cnr, CRF, CIRA, Polytechnic of Turin and University of Naples Federico II. Also the University of Rome "La Sapienza", the University of Trento and Aerosoft Spa participated in the project as partners.

Two SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies have been replicated at the ENEA Casaccia Research Center (Rome) at reduced cost and time compared to conventional methods, using a wild species of tobacco plant as a "biofactory" (Nicotiana benthamiana) by a team comprising ENEA, Cnr and Fondazione Toscana Life Sciences (TLS). The findings were published in the leading international journal Frontiers in Plant Science.

Designing a compact, light, reliable and safe mini-nuclear italian made reactor to power future lunar bases and the subsequent colonization of Mars and deep Space. This is the objective of a collaboration agreement signed by ENEA and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) exploiting the multidisciplinary skills, infrastructures and expertise of the ENEA Research Centers of Bologna and Brasimone (Bologna) and ASI to build a Space Nuclear Reactor (SNR).

In 2021 23.7 billion were invested as a result of tax deduction mechanisms, of which 7.5 with the eco-bonus and 16.2 with the 110% super-ecobonus. These partial data is shown in the 11th Annual Report on energy efficiency and the 13th Annual Report on tax deductions for energy saving measures and the use of renewable energy sources in existing buildings, drawn by ENEA and presented at the CNEL headquarters in Rome.

FoodSensor is a portable laser device based on a traffic light system developed at ENEA to rapidly detect food adulteration.

Optimizing the energy generation of photovoltaic systems to increase yields and reduce losses thanks to artificial intelligence is the target of the project MARTA,  funded with 4.6 million euro by the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy as part of the innovation agreement.