the institute

The legacy of Enrico Fermi. The challenges of the future

about us
the organization

research

The Enrico Fermi Research Center - CREF promotes original and high-impact lines of research, based on physical methods, but with a strong interdisciplinary character and in relation to the main problems of the modern knowledge society.

Complexity
Applied Physics
Fundamental Physics
Museum and History of Physics
INFRASTRUCTURES

People

third mission

The CREF was born with a dual soul: a research centre and a historical museum. Its aim is to preserve and disseminate the memory of Enrico Fermi and to promote the dissemination and communication of scientific culture.

news

Publications, news, press review. For interviews, filming, and press contacts, please write to comunicazione@cref.it

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news and pubblications

news and pubblications

I am convinced that physical science must move towards intense collaboration with other sister sciences and especially with biology. I hope that such a trend, which is emerging today, can benefit both of these sciences

Enrico Fermi, notes written in Stockholm, December 1938

museum

and activities for the public

The Fermi Museum preserves and shares the legacy of Enrico Fermi, his research team, and the Royal Physics Institute on Via Panisperna.

creftalks

talks and Workshops