Even if only for a short while, I feel blessed to guide young, passionate scientists at the beginning of their journey and then bid them farewell. With a touch of nostalgia, I feel a bit like Mary Poppins: "Hop hop! Nowhere to go but Up!"

Bellissima serata di Divulgazione Scientifica ieri sera presso il Giardino della Nunziatina a Pisa. Chimica, Società e Democrazia in un racconto accompagnato dalla musica della Fisarmonica. "Esperimenti di Libertà: Molecole e Rivoluzioni nella Pisa scientifica". Seguendo la vita, le lettere e gli articoli del giovane chimico risorgimentale Cesare Bertagnini è stato possibile mostrare la profonda connessione fra le rivoluzioni scientifiche e quelle sociali, innovazioni tecnologiche e progresso sociale. Un grazie speciale alla Commissione Divulgazione del Dipartimento di Farmacia e a Sebastiano Di Pietro per avermi invitato.

Great news! After depositing this patent in 2023 with Molecolab at Università di Pisa about a new modular photoreactor (or as we call it "The Fhattapposta") we are very happy to communicate that the patent was finally accepted. This innovation combines a fully modular architecture with interchangeable reaction, LED, stirring, and support modules, adaptable to conventional lab equipment. A smart control unit capable of automatically detecting connected modules and configuring the system accordingly. Integrated thermoregulation and optical filtering for precise reaction environments. A feedback-controlled illumination system that enables dynamic adjustment of LED output. This ability to monitor transmitted light and actively regulate the LED intensity to maintain a constant absorbed photon flux during the reaction is very useful to control photochemical reaction and favour reproducibility. A great thanks to the people of our Research & Innovation office at Università di Pisa for their essential contribution in translating an initial prototipe in a potential tool to boost innovation.