Behind the crust golden that forms on the meat while it cooks or the aroma that a slice of freshly toasted bread releases hides a reaction chemistry fundamental for cooking, known as the Maillard reaction. This reaction (actually there are many reactions) is responsible for the formation of colors and gods aromas which characterize many of our favorite dishes. But ...
How many baubles and lights to put on the Christmas tree? Members of the Mathematical Society (SUMS) ofUniversity of Sheffield they calculated the mathematical formula to decorate a tree perfectlyso that the relationship between lights, decorations, balls and the height of the star is perfectly commensurate with the height of the tree. In fact, the formula starts precisely fromheight of ...
Even during the Christmas 2025 will appear on Italian tables American peanuts: also known as peanuts, these seeds of Arachis hypogaea (a plant native to Central America) have taken on various names throughout Italy – from “titjobs” to “nucelles” –, thanks to the dialect variations handed down over the generations. Let’s therefore cross Italy to discover all the ways in ...
Did you answer orange? Wrong! The correct answer is Mandarin. Indeed, mandarin (Citrus reticulata), pomelo (Citrus maxima) And cedar (Citrus medica) are the three ancestral citrus fruits from which all the others were derived through crosses. We often take for granted that fruits such as oranges or lemons are “natural products” that have always existed. The reality, emerged thanks to ...
Be a Grinch it means not loving Christmas and feeling irritation, discomfort or sadness on holidays. For some it’s just acharacter inclinationfor others it is a more complex set of emotions, linked to stress, anxiety, social pressuresseasonal melancholy and, in some cases, even a rejection of Christmas consumerism. Every beginning of December the world is filled with lights, the Christmas ...
You’re watching Science Dialogues Don’t miss out on more content from Geopop In this new episode of Science Dialogues we had a chat with one of the pillars of the Geopop team: Stefano Gandelli. Those who have been following the channel since its inception know that the project was originally born as “Pop Geology” and Stefano was one of the ...
Credit: INPS. THE’INPS recently warned users of a new phishing campaign exploiting his name to trick users into interacting with a fraudulent website, identified by a domain that has no connection to theNational Institute of Social Security, for then empty bank accounts. The alarm was raised by the INPS on its social profiles, where it reported the circulation of e-mails ...
Credit: FIP Basketball and Mathematics: two apparently distant worlds that find the perfect synthesis in Giampaolo ‘Pippo’ Ricci. Born in Rome in 1991, a professional basketball player – Captain of Olimpia Milano and a cornerstone of the national team – he is not only a champion on the parquet, where he won 4 championships between Bologna and Milan, but also ...
Image generated with AI. Based on the architecture of Gemini 3, the new model text-to-image Nano Banana Pro of Google has demonstrated the enormous evolutionary leap that the Mountain View giant has managed to make. Although it is a powerful tool, in order to use it effectively you must learn to use it well. In this in-depth analysis we will ...
From the Sargasso Sea to our Christmas tables, l‘eelor rather the capitonethey are a true traditional dish. If anyone has wondered about the true meaning of these terms, it should immediately be said that “eel” and “capitone” they essentially indicate the same animalbut in culinary jargon, we speak of capitone to indicate afemale eel large in size and suitable for ...