Research
What we have looked at, and what it does and does not show
A research-based ambient technology
The research behind magma13 began with our founder and has continued at SOLS since 2013. More than two decades in all.
SOLS investigates how structured materials, environmental conditions and biological models may interact, with a specific focus on environmental well-being and the quality of lived spaces.
The progression from environmental investigation to cellular biology reflects the scientific philosophy adopted by SOLS: to investigate increasingly complex biological systems only after establishing reproducible environmental observations. During the initial phase, extending for more than a decade, research was primarily focused on environmental fields. After that, SOLS began a second phase, aimed at exploring whether these observed environmental modifications could also be associated with measurable biological responses. The programme was extended to in vitro cellular investigations, conducted under controlled laboratory conditions.
In vitro studies on human cellular models have reported measurable modulation of markers associated with cellular organisation, viability, stress response and homeostasis. This is preliminary work, not yet published in peer-reviewed journals.
Nothing was administered to the cells. magma13 units were placed inside the incubators alongside the cultures, with identical placebo units in the controls.
The research programme is not intended to support medical claims, and does not set out to prove medical, therapeutic or physiological effects in humans. Its purpose is to investigate and document the physical, environmental and biological rationale behind the technology. It has been funded by SOLS itself, and carried out with laboratories, universities and research institutes.
RESEARCH DOMAINS
SOLS research and collaborations have covered:
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Applied materials
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Material-environment interaction
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Electrical-environment research, including mains interference and the development of our clean power analysis
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Molecular biology models
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Cellular models in vitro
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Water observation and imaging
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Spectroradiometric observations
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Ambient quality and user experience
These are part of an ongoing programme of research. Findings from each have to be read against the specific experimental context they came from.
Environmental Research
Environmental measurement is where this started. It ran for more than a decade before the cellular research began, and it continues.
Part of it is spectroradiometric. In research commissioned by SOLS SA and carried out between 2021 and 2022 at a research consortium in Bologna, in a controlled photonic laboratory, magma13 products were observed using hyperspectral imaging, including against identical placebo products without the active principle. Variations in the entropy of information were detected in image sequences of objects. The report documents the presence of the variations and does not interpret their effects.
Part of it is electrical. Every building carries disturbance on its lines, and almost nobody measures it. Over the years SOLS has developed a method of analysis for exactly that, Clean Power Analysis, carried out with specialist software used by SOLS under an exclusive licence. In projects with an assessment we measure before and after, band by band. In a single documented assessment, inserting a Ray Clean Power filter on the same circuit, with no other load changes, was followed by a 91% reduction in artificial electrical disturbance in the 2–95 kHz band (from 25.6% to 99.7% depending on the sub-band) and by lower spectral entropy in 82.8% of the 1 kHz windows.
Every building starts from different numbers. The full report is what a client receives when we come and measure.
Two things need saying plainly. This is observational: it records what was measured under defined conditions, and it is not a performance figure we can promise in any given building. And it is environmental: it describes the space, and says nothing about the people in it.
WHAT THE CELLULAR WORK LOOKED AT
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Cellular organisation and structural dynamics
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Cell-to-cell interaction
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Gene and protein expression profiles
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Stress-response pathways
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Senescence-associated markers
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Inflammatory-response markers
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Cellular stability under controlled experimental conditions
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Environmental interaction in vitro
magma13 is intended to interact with the surrounding environment, not to act directly on cells or tissues.
From the feasibility study in 2020 onward, measurable modulation of selected cellular biomarkers was reported in the presence of magma13, against control.
Together with the environmental investigations, these observations provide the rationale for continued research into environmental quality.
They should be read as experimental observations supporting a research hypothesis, not as evidence of therapeutic or clinical effects in humans.
CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH
SOLS has worked with scientific partners to explore how controlled biological models respond in experimental environments associated with magma13.
In vitro research has also been carried out at academic centres of recognised international standing, including the National Institute of Biostructures and Biosystems (INBB), under the scientific direction of Professor Carlo Ventura, from December 2020. The work covered human neural and glial cells, mesenchymal stem cells and dermal stem cell populations, and investigated cellular organisation, intracellular signalling pathways, gene and protein expression, cytoskeleton dynamics, stress response, senescence-associated markers and inflammatory-response markers.
In vitro observations are not clinical evidence. They must not be read as proof of anti-aging, anti-inflammatory, regenerative, immunological or physiological effects in humans.
WATER AND APPLIED ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Water is central to life, to ecosystems and to daily experience.
SOLS has investigated the interaction between magma13 and water in several applied contexts: sensory perception and laboratory imaging of mineral sedimentation.
The work explores how structured materials and passive ambient technologies may influence the perceived and observed quality of water. It does not replace filtration, purification, potability controls or any legally required water treatment.
This remains an area of applied research: findings require continued validation and replication, and we do not present them as established.
See the Water page for how this is applied.
How we distinguish between kinds of evidence
SOLS separates, and does not mix:
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physical and material research
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environmental observations
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in vitro biological models
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user experience and perception
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Clinical evidence is a fifth category, and it is not one we have. magma13 is a technology for environmental well-being. It is not presented as a medical treatment, a diagnostic tool or a therapeutic intervention.
magma13 is not a medical device. It is not intended to diagnose, prevent, treat or cure any disease and is intended solely for personal well-being within an environment. The technical information given here does not constitute therapeutic, preventive or diagnostic claims. Any experimental observations are preliminary and do not demonstrate medical or physiological benefits in humans. The technical characteristics of magma13 are subject to internal evaluation and do not imply biological or therapeutic effects. magma13 does not filter, purify or disinfect water and does not make water therapeutic or healthier.