There midnight Of New Year’s it’s one of those moments in which everyone – or almost everyone – picks up the phone to write a message of good wishes to loved ones, friends and relatives. And it is precisely at that moment that ours can happen cell phone performance will worsenpreventing us from texting or calling. But why does it ...
Yesterday, December 29, 2024 at 9:03 (local time), in South Korea a landing plane was unable to brake due to a trolley malfunctiongoing over the runway and crashing into a wall. The impact caused a violent explosion who took the life of 179 from the 181 people present on board. The vehicle, operated by the low-cost company Jeju Air, had ...
A new phishing campaign, sophisticated and devious, is alarming cybersecurity experts. Attackers exploit Microsoft tools such as Visio And SharePoint to orchestrate a two-phase attackdesigned to steal user credentials, all with impressive effectiveness. The technique is based on sending apparently harmless files to victims which, once opened, redirect users to pages with which phishing is actually perpetrated. These sites simulate ...
Among the various traditions of Christmas, can’t miss the kiss under the mistletoe. This small bushy plant grows by clinging to other trees (hemiparasitism), especially trees oaksgiving them a canopy that is still full of leaves even after autumn. Perhaps this is why mistletoe is linked to concepts of fertility, prosperity and good omen in many cultures of the world, ...
The possibility of realizing it has been discussed for some time offshore wind and photovoltaic parksthat is, built offshore. These systems are more efficient in producing energy than traditional installations on land or near the coast. Italy is also making progress in this direction: after the first marine wind farm with a fixed foundation, i.e. anchored to the seabed, inaugurated ...
Credits:Arpan Guha, CC SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. With 2024 drawing to a close, it’s time to start marking your calendar best astronomical events that await us in 2025. The main protagonists will be the eclipsewith particular reference to that partial solar of March 29, 2025 which will also be visible from Europe and which acts as a starter to the ...
During some brain surgeries, patients may be asked to perform complex tasks, such as playing a musical instrument. This technique, already used for various operations also in Italy, is called surgery with the patient awake (awake brain surgery) and allows doctors to monitor critical brain functions in real time to preserve the patient’s neurological capabilities, taking advantage of the lack ...
THE’learning a foreign language it is a complex process involving various factorsincluding aspects linguistic, psychological and motivational. There is a widespread belief that learning a language becomes progressively better difficult as we age, but what does science say about it? Traditionally, it has been believed that there is a “critical period” during childhood, beyond which language acquisition becomes more difficult. ...
THE memes they have become an integral part of our daily lives, overcoming linguistic and cultural barriers to express ideas, emotions and irony. To be clear, these are typically graphic contents (images, GIFs or video clips) and of an ironic or humorous nature which are shared above all on social networks. These are real expressions of our culture that are ...
A lava tube in Iceland. During volcanic eruptions, spectacular caves, called tubes (or tunnel) of lava. These structures form only under certain conditions, particularly in the presence of washes very fluidly. They can be even tens of kilometers long and often have openings that make them visitable. Lava tubes are widespread throughout the world, particularly in the Hawaiibut they are ...