Allan. Palestinian National Authority, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Pakistan and Turkey reunited on May 16 in Allan, Jordan, to inaugurate a joint project: the multidisciplinary international lab that was jointly founded and built – Sesame (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East). At the ceremony, which took place in the presence of King Abdallah II of Jordan, in addition to the members of Sesame, and Observing countries which include Italy which has made a significant contribution thanks to the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) and Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste. Italy is the only country among the Sesame Observers to allocate, through the Ministry of Education, University and Research (Miur), an ad hoc funding managed by INFN. “Sesame is an ambitious project for its scientific goals, but also for its political and cultural aspects. The fact that we were successful in bringing it to completion once again proves that scientific research can be a powerful tool for cooperation among peoples” underlines the Minister of Education, University and Research, Valeria Fedeli. (9Colonne)
