When we think about the yeast of beerthe first image that might come to mind is that of small dry granules or a loaf soft and humiduseful for making dough rise. From a scientific point of view, brewer’s yeast is composed of colonies of unicellular fungi (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). But if we looked at it under a microscope, what would we ...
The skyline (in Italian translatable as “sky line”) is the profile or panoramic view of a city seen from afar, as if it were on the horizon line. From his observation one can easily derive aimage in two dimensions which, like the plant, is one of the most distinctive elements of a city, as if it were afingerprint of its ...
Contrary to what you might think, the dishwasher salt It’s not meant to make plates and glasses shinier, but to avoid limescale encrustations which tend to deposit on the dishes during washing. In fact, home water contains calcium salts (especially the limestonewhich is essentially calcium carbonate) e magnesium which can form clearly visible encrustations especially on pans and pots. To ...
The Standing Committee of the Bern Convention voted on 3 December 2024 in favor of downgrading the protection level of the wolf (Canis lupus) from “strictly protected” to “protected”. The proposal was presented by the European Commission on 27 September and the change will come into force in starting from March 7, 2025 unless at least 17 Member States object. ...
Over the course of the year we have warned you several times against telephone scams perpetrated using foreign prefixes, from “wangiri” scams to fake job offers to sentimental ones. In this article we provide you with a recap Of what are the dangerous numbers not to answerwhether they should contact you via phone calls or messages. But we won’t limit ...
Some paintingsin the history of humanity, have transcended simple aesthetic appeal to become gods true artistic and cultural icons. This is the case of paintings that we will see in this article, which are currently the ones that have been sold to highest figures in history. From the Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vincithe most expensive painting ever (450.3 million ...
When we think about the rivers it is really difficult to visualize a perfectly straight stream cutting across a plain from one side to the other. On the contrary, what our brain will probably figure is a sinuous watercourse with wide curves that repeat one after the other, calls anse or meandersrecalling the image of a large snake. Sometimes, then, ...
THE’oil it is a liquid hydrophobic with high viscositywhich can have different origins (animal, vegetable, mineral, “modified”) and is used for numerous uses. The oldest oil is the olive onewhich has existed since prehistoric times. THE’olive constitutes, together with the vine and the wheat, one of the elements of “Mediterranean trinity”: that is, it is one of the most important ...
Carrots are good for your eyesight: this is the legend that is passed down from generation to generation as absolute truth. As often happens, however, behind these beliefs there is actually no scientific basis and, indeed, in this specific case we know for sure that it is a “marketing gimmick“. During the Second World War, in fact, the English government ...
“One drop of blood to test them all.” No, perhaps Tolkien’s masterpiece didn’t read like that. Yet this is what Elizabeth Holmes and her “revolutionary” company Theranos (founded by Holmes when he was 19) set out to do: analyze more than 200 molecules from a single drop of blood taken from the fingertip. This technique actually already existed and is ...