Ecology

The giant 11,000 MW hydroelectric power plant in the Himalayas between India and China: the Siang Upper

The giant 11,000 MW hydroelectric power plant in the Himalayas between India and China: the Siang Upper

THE’Upper Siang Multipurpose Project (also known as Siang Upper) is a truly titanic response by India to the energy and geopolitical challenge among the peaks ofHimalayas. Located in the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, it will dam the Siang River and is set to become the largest hydroelectric power plant in the entire Indian subcontinent. This mega-infrastructure was created with ...

The institutions we trust most: yes to the Fire Brigade, no to politicians, Istat data

The institutions we trust most: yes to the Fire Brigade, no to politicians, Istat data

Istat data tells us that the institutions we trust most I’m the Fire brigadethe Law enforcement and the President of the Republic. Then, especially in Northern Italy, trust in local administrations prevails over regional, national and European ones. The institution we trust the least continues to be political parties. The Istat multipurpose survey “Aspects of everyday life” allows us to ...

Best oils for frying: Olive and peanut oil have the most heat-stable structure

Best oils for frying: Olive and peanut oil have the most heat-stable structure

We find many oils on the market: peanuts, seeds, olive oil itself, but to understand which is really the best oil for frying, it is necessary analyze its chemical composition. Spoiler: the podium belongs to olive and peanut oil. During frying, the oil transfers heat to the food, but not all oils behave in the same way when we bring ...

The 100 billion ghost city: the causes of the failure of Forest City in Malaysia

The 100 billion ghost city: the causes of the failure of Forest City in Malaysia

The project Forest City in Johor, IN Malaysiais one of the most controversial cases of modern urban planning: an ecological utopia from 100 billion dollars designed to host 700,000 peoplewhich today suffers from an extremely low occupancy rate, earning it the nickname “ghost town”. Features of the titanic project When talking about Forest City there is one factor to keep ...

Tooth decay is caused by acids produced by bacteria in the mouth: WHO data

Tooth decay is caused by acids produced by bacteria in the mouth: WHO data

Almost everyone has had it at least once, almost everyone knows that “dessert causes cavities“, yet few really know what happens inside a tooth when a caries is formed and what is the underlying mechanism. To all intents and purposes, tooth decay is one chronic infectious disease with a global diffusion which requires the presence of specific bacteria, a nutritional ...

Google Maps is changing, three new features based on AI are coming to create realistic images, analyzes and maps

Google Maps is changing, three new features based on AI are coming to create realistic images, analyzes and maps

Credit: Google. Google has announced a series of important updates for Google Maps And Google Earthall powered by the artificial intelligence of Gemini. Presented during the Google Cloud Next (a conference scheduled for these days organized by the Mountain View giant), the innovations revolve around three key ideas: creating realistic images starting from real data (Maps Imagery Grounding) designed for ...

The foreign partisans in the Italian Resistance of 1943-45 were 20 thousand: the contribution to the Liberation

The foreign partisans in the Italian Resistance of 1943-45 were 20 thousand: the contribution to the Liberation

During the Second World War, they participated in the Italian Resistance between 15,000 and 20,000 foreigners (out of a total of approximately 240,000 estimated partisans) belonging to different nationalities: the most numerous were the Yugoslavs and the Sovietsbut there were also Americans, Englishinhabitants of other countries in the Commonwealthindigenous people of Italian colonies in Africa, and even some Germans. Most ...