Basic research needs innovative solutions using advanced technology that often exceeds the available industrial know-how. That is why the INFN develops technological research for use in advanced experiments, driven by the need to develop new methods of particle acceleration and detection or data acquisition and analysis. These experiments represent a unique source of innovative technology in the field of superconductivity, electronics, precision mechanics, high-performance networks, imaging diagnostics, nuclear particle beam therapy, techniques for use in the preservation of artistic heritage, etc. Thus, it’s in the Institute’s very nature to collaborate with the world of industry and transmit the knowledge it has acquired through its research activities. In recent years, numerous Italian companies, especially small- to medium-sized businesses, have changed their industrial history by entering the supply chain for advanced technologies for basic research, thanks to their encounter with fundamental physics and its orders.
To guide, coordinate, and plan the activities of the institute in this area, INFN is equipped with a National Committee for Technology Transfer (CNTT), whose mission is to facilitate the flow of knowledge and technology of fundamental physics to the market.
