Press 2025

This section collects the press review of 2025.

Respiro is the portable device developed by the University of Milan-Bicocca to allow citizens to monitor pollution in real time and decide how to move around the city.
For more information, visit the dedicated page.

Citizen Science Event – December 11, 2025, University of Milan.

During the presentation of the book “Citizen Science: A Participatory Approach to Organizational and Social Well-Being,” written by Dr. Francesca Mochi, Dr. Rossella Bengalli of the University of Milan-Bicocca participated in the roundtable discussion to present the low-cost RESPIRO sensors and the citizen science approach developed within the MUSA project.

https://sps.unimi.it/it/eventi/citizen-science-e-benessere-organizzativo-e-sociale

Berlin Science Week – November 8, 2025. Participation as speaker at the Falling Walls Science Summit, as part of the talk “Designing Tomorrow: Prototypes for a Sustainable Future,” to present the new RESPIRO air quality sensor.8 novembre 2025.

https://falling-walls.com

https://berlinscienceweek.com

https://falling-walls.com/programme/designing-tomorrow-prototypes-sustainable-future

https://ambberlino.esteri.it/it/news/dall_ambasciata/2025/11/lambasciatore-fabrizio-bucci-ha-inaugurato-global-connections-italy-nellambito-del-falling-walls-science-summit-08-11-2025

WIRED Video Podcast – November 16, 2025, “Grande Giove” (Season 3, Episode 6) produced by WIRED.

Video podcast on the application of the low-cost RESPIRO (Realtime Environmental Sensing for Personal Information and Reporting of Outdoor) sensor for air monitoring, developed as part of the MUSA project.

https://www.wired.it/video/watch/i-video-di-grande-giove-grande-giove-citizen-science-e-qualita-dellaria

https://www.wired.it/article/qualita-aria-citizen-science-grande-giove-road

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRH2Nz4iPon/?igsh=eTF0d3ZjZzdneGtq

https://www.wired.it/article/grande-giove-nuova-stagione-puntate

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRH2Nz4iPon/?igsh=eTF0d3ZjZzdneGtq

Car Free Day – September 2, 2025, in collaboration with Citizens for Air.

During the car-free day, a child wore the low-cost RESPIRO sensor, developed at MUSA for citizen science-based air quality activities, to measure air quality on his way to school.

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/10/01/smog-il-cammino-casa-scuola-di-un-bambino-a-milano-rivela-lemergenza-piu-grande-il-traffico-su-strada-e-il-principale-responsabile-dellinquinamento/8142815

https://www.dire.it/23-09-2025/1182661-smog-a-milano-sensore-zaino-bambino-amos

https://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025/09/19/news/test_polveri_sottili_casa_scuola_rilevatore_smog-424855622

https://www.milanotoday.it/attualita/inquinamento/smog-bambini-milano-settembre-2025.html

https://www.milanotoday.it/attualita/rilevatore-inquinamento-portatile-2025.html

https://www.milanotoday.it/attualita/inquinamento/smog-bambini-milano-settembre-2025.html

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