The Inter-University Department of Physics "Michelangelo Merlin" of the Aldo Moro University and of the Bari Polytechnic (DIF ... ) promotes research activities in the field of basic and applied physics, conducted through qualified international collaborations, with positive effects on the territory, at in order to promote its development. These peculiarities have contributed to the growth of the Puglia Region, which has now become a nationally recognized development center for advanced technologies in multiple sectors: mechatronics, aerospace and environmental and biomedical sensors, to name a few. The DIF is also the only inter-university physics department in Italy, maintaining, even after the birth of the Polytechnic of Bari, that cultural unity that has always been a strong point of the department. read more