Ecology

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Dioxins in the air after the explosion in Rome of the LPG and petrol distributor: the Arpa data

The explosion of the LPG distributor in Rome. Credit: Cesare Sacchetti, via X The explosion of LPG distributor and petrol that occurred last Friday in Rome has actually generated dioxins: This is what emerged from the surveys of Arpa Lazio (the regional agency that deals with environmental protection), which monitored the air quality following the fire that arose in via ...

constatazione amichevole digitale

The friendly finding becomes digital: how to fill in the CAI digital form

There Friendly accident observationalso known as “Blue module” or Cidis officially supported by the digital version of the CAI module starting from 1 July 2025thus allowing you to report a road accident to your insurance company even more smart. Starting from the date in question, in fact, the insurance companies are obliged to make available to their customers apps and ...

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How does the vacuum work from a mechanical point of view?

The vacuum It is a very widespread food conservation technique: it in fact guarantees that foods last longer Because, in the absence of air, the conditions suitable for the slowdown of the natural bacterial proliferation, which instead would have – in normal conditions – more quickly. In the same way, the vacuum is also used to optimize the dimensions of ...

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The Nazis caused the first nuclear accident in history: what happened and why

When we talk about nuclear accidents we often think of Chernobyl or Fukushima, but perhaps not everyone knows that the first accident of this type in history occurred in the Nazi Germany The 23 June of 1942. That day in a basement of theUniversity of Leipzig a group of physicists led by Werner Heisenberg He was carrying out studies on ...

sherlock holmes

No, Sherlock Holmes never said “Elementary, Watson!”

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson illustrated by Sidney Paget, by the story “The Greek interpretter”, on The Strand Magazine, 1893. Credit: Via Wikimedia Commons “Elementary, Watson!” It is a literary quote attributed to Sherlock Holmesthe famous detective conceived by the pen of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and appeared for the first time in 1887, which went down in ...

Thridrangar Lighthouse

Thridrangar Lighthouse, the most isolated lighthouse in the world on the borders of the Atlantic

Panoramic photography of the Thridrangar Lighthouse, Credits: [email protected]; Via Wikimedia Commons From the cold waters of theAtlantic of the Northon the islet of Háidrangur More than 7 kilometers from the Icelandic coast, a rocky spur emerges on which 36 meters in height taps the Thridrangar lighthouse (Þrídrangaviti in Icelandic), considered, not wrong, the most isolated lighthouse of the entire planetso ...

cloro piscina

Why do we hear “smell of chlorine” in the pool?

The so -called “chlorine smell”, Strong and pungent associated with swimming pools, especially those indooris not entirely the fault of the chlorine or at least not directly. We are not talking about chlorine gas only (and fortunately, otherwise it would be worse!), But that smell so recognizable and often annoying is caused by chlorinesubstances that are formed when chlorine, used ...

monache di clausura

Who are the cloistered nuns and how they spend their days

The cloistered nuns they are nuns who they spend their life in the conventdedicating himself to prayer and work, without being able to go out (from this derives the word cloistered, that is, closure), if not on special occasions. Contacts with the outside world are rigidly regulated, but the precise rules change according to the orders (Benedictine, Clarisse, Carmelitane, etc.): ...