Scientists have been studying the hardening mechanism of bread for centuries, but the truth is that this has not been entirely well defined. What we know for sure is that there are mainly two causes responsible for this alteration. There redistribution Of humidity between crust and crumb and the transformation of starch, more specifically the so-called starch retrogradationin which amylose ...
A edible transistor based on pigments present in toothpaste to monitor the state of health of the human body from the inside: this is the idea behind the creation of a group of researchers from the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Milan led by Elena Feltriwho created a transistor from copper phthalocyanine, used as a whitener in toothpaste. A ...
The moment of Europa Clipper’s launch from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, aboard a Space X Falcon Heavy rocket. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett Successful launch for the probe Europa Clipper from NASA: Monday October 14, 2024 at 6.06pm Italians launched the largest probe ever built for an interplanetary mission from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with destination Jupiter, where it will ...
Currently there are approximately human beings inhabiting the Earth 8.2 billion: twice as many as we were in 1974. However, the distribution of the population on the surface of the globe is by no means uniform: large regions of the planet are still desert covering hundreds of thousands of square kilometres, so much so that some countries, such as Iceland, ...
A new online scam is back in the spotlight after the Provincial Command of the Carabinieri of Parma raised the alarm with the aim of making citizens aware of its danger: it is the “Like” scamwhich exploits thesocial engineering to steal money after soliciting via instant messaging platforms and requesting likes on social platforms such as Instagram in exchange for ...
The Prize from the Bank of Sweden of 2024 for Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel, commonly called Nobel Prize for Economics (but not foreseen in the creator’s will), this year it was awarded to three great economists: Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson (both from MIT in Boston) e James A. Robinson (of the University of Chicago) who, with their ...
You’re watching Earth Records Don’t miss out on more content from Geopop Santa Cruz del Islote is located in Caribbean Sea, more precisely it is the smallest island in theSan Bernardo Archipelagoand is part of the Colombia: is included in the territory of the city of Cartagena de Indiasin the department of Bolivar. Its surface is almost entirely covered by ...
Comet C/2023 A3. Credit: Brandon Ghany / Horizon Productions SFL, via Wikimedia Commons The “comet of the century” C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-Atlas) has passed the moment of maximum proximity to the Earth and, after reaching its peak brightness in the days from 9 to 12 October, in these days it is still visible for a couple of hours after sunset of ...
Smart mirror of the Adidas store located in Oxford Street, London. Credit: CHARGED. The smart mirrorsor smart mirrorscombine the function of a “traditional” mirror with the ability to display information in digital format on its reflective surface, offering an interactive touch interface. These devices, thanks to advanced technologies such as RFID (Radio-Frequency IDentification), artificial intelligence And IoT (Internet of Things), ...
A team of researchers fromUniversity of Marylandcoordinated by the geologist Jingchuan Wangdiscovered i remains of the oceanic crust which constituted the seabed of theSoutheast Pacific Ocean when the Earth was populated by dinosaurs. About 250 millions of years agoin the Mesozoic, this portion of crust sank into the Earth’s mantle, east of the Eastern Pacific Ridgean arch in the ocean ...