In addition to obvious remains such as ruins, aqueducts and roads, the ancient Romans they have left us some much less visible elements such as the hidden meaning of certain terms that we use today without thinking too much: one of these cases is the term lefta polysemantic word that indicates, among many meanings, it’s a road accidentwhat a adjective ...
Just walk around Naples to notice it: motorcycles and cars with Polish license plates (abbreviation PL) are everywhere. According to ACI data, in Italy there are approximately 68,228 vehicles with Polish license plates and the vast majority are concentrated in Neapolitan: in 2025 alone, 14,066 vehicles were registered in the Foreign Vehicle Register in the province of Naples, almost all ...
The Gofar fault generates earthquakes of magnitude 6.0 Along the Gofar submarine fault – East Pacific Ridge transform fault, located at great depth off the coast of Ecuador – la Pacific plate and that of Nazca they slide sideways to each other at a speed of approx 14 centimeters per year. Unlike most of the earth’s faults, which are unpredictable ...
In Italy the topic of reproductive health and fertility is increasingly at the center of public and scientific debate. Among the most requested and discussed biomedical technologies is freezing of eggs (or Social Freezingwhen carried out by personal choice). This is a laboratory technique that allows you to collect and store female gametes (egg cells). liquid nitrogen at -196 °C ...
A new scientific study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), coordinated by Maodian Liu of Peking University, shed light on an environmental dynamic that affects the Antarctic Peninsulaone of the regions of the planet that is warming most rapidly. The researchers analyzed 16 core samples of marine sediments taken along the continental shelf, integrating ...
Image for informational purposes created with AI From the moment we bite into a sandwich to the moment our cells they get energyour body carries out a series of biochemical processes. It all starts with digestionwhich breaks down food into simpler molecules like glucose, ready to be absorbed. Once it enters the cells, the glucose it becomes the fuel of ...
Pedestrians who cross using their cell phones could risk a fine of 75 euros. THE pedestrians that during crossing or marching on the road they use it smartphones they could receive up to 75 euro fine: this is what is foreseen in the basic text of the new Traffic Laws which, however, has yet to be approved. At the moment, ...
We all wash ourselves teeth with the toothpastebut how many people know what it’s really for? Perhaps not everyone knows what toothpaste contains fluorinewhich forms a protective shield on the tooth enamel. This shield was born from one chemical reaction very precise, which transforms the hydroxyapatite of the enamel in a very compound more resistant to acidsfluorapatite. But fluoride does ...
Photo of a full moon taken from Washington DC, USA. The combined effect of atmospheric aerosols and the path of moonlight through the atmosphere causes a “removal” (scattering in jargon) of the blue component of visible light, which gives the Moon its characteristic reddish color. Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls. The Moon can take on a reddish colour under certain conditions, such ...
“Dublinarians” are asylum seekers who entered the EU through one country and then moved to another EU state where they applied for asylum. According to numerous Italian media, several Northern European countries are ready to “send back to Italy” thousands of asylum seekers: these are the so-called “Dubliners”, i asylum seekers entered theEuropean Union through a certain country (for example ...