The eruption of the Kanlaon volcano, in the Philippines, which produced a 2,000 meter column of ash. Credit: PHIVOLCS There was a new one eruption of Kanlaon volcano, located in the Visayas archipelago, in the Philippines: the episode occurred at 16:39 local time (09:39 in Italy) on Thursday 19 February, generating a column of ash beyond 2,000 meters above the ...
The Board of Peace (abbreviated as BoP) is an international organization established in January 2026 by the American president Donald Trump to manage the reconstruction of Gaza Strip following the conflict between Israel and Hamas. The founding statute – signed by 23 countries during the World Economic Forum in Davos last January – gives the BoP a global mandateand precisely ...
THE’Saudi Arabia has suspended construction work on the Mukaab, the enormous skyscraper in the shape of cube which should have been built in the capital Riyadh. The project, an integral part of the larger one Vision 2030will have to be canceled (or at least scaled down) due to a change of course at an economic level: the kingdom’s sovereign fund ...
For over 35 years, theInternational Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the WHO, in collaboration with the European Commission, publishes the European Code against Cancera text that collects evidence-based recommendations for cancer prevention. The fifth edition of the ECAC (ECAC5), available in the prestigious scientific journal The Lancet Regional Health – Europe and supported by a series of articles ...
The Great Pyramid. Credit: By Berthold Werner, via Wikimedia Commons. In recent weeks, news of one has been circulating new amazing dating for the Great Pyramid of Giza, in Egypt, which is based on a study published byeng. Alberto Donini on Zenodoa platform Open Access for various types of items. According to Donini, the construction of the Pyramid of Cheops ...
NASA’s Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA, via website A sample of Martian rock analyzed by Curiosity rover of NASA in the Martian crater Gale contains relatively long-chain hydrocarbons (dean, undecan And dodecanethe largest ever found on Mars) which on Earth can be produced by geological processes or transported by meteorites, but can also derive from biological ...
The bob it is one of the most spectacular Olympic sports, but also one of the most “scientific” of the Winter Olympics. No engine on board: all the energy that allows the vehicle to exceed 140 km/h it comes from the push of the athletes and the simple force of gravity, exploited in an optimal way. In fact, the race ...
There are those who love chilli and spicy pepper madly and those who, at the mere thought, start to sweat. In everyday life we already feel courageous when we face a spicy oil on pizza, a teaspoon of Calabrian ‘nduja, a classic garlic, oil and chilli pasta or jalapeños on nachos. However, those levels of spiciness are a walk in ...
Credit: TU Wein The smallest QR code in the world barely measures 1.98 square micrometersa surface area smaller than that of many bacteria and absolutely invisible (the only way to use it is to use a microscope electronic) and with pixels just 49 nanometers wide, 39% less than the code that held the previous record. The code, entered in the ...
The flooding of the Crati river in Calabria caused numerous damages. Credit: Fire Brigade There province of Cosenzain north-eastern Calabria, was hit by very heavy rainfallwhich in recent days have reached 270 mm of rain cumulative in 48 hours. This brought the Crati river to break its banks in several places in the Sibari Plainand then comes out and floods ...