Dr Chiara Liliana Boldrini, the Milano-Bicocca solar energy research centre (Mib-solar) technician, reports a fine example of international scientific solidarity in an article on BNews, the blog of the University of Milano-Bicocca, published on March 21. Interviewed by Vito Bentivenga, Dr. Boldrini describes the successful adventure she underwent to make the profilometer used in the Research Centre work again after the failure of the PC that ran it. To achieve