Ecology

malaria verona

Case of malaria in Verona, it would not be indigenous: symptoms and treatment of the disease eradicated in Italy in 1970

Yesterday November 7, 2024 to Verona a was found case of malaria initially believed to be “indigenous case” (i.e. caused by the bite of an infected mosquito present in the national territory) but now classified as “imported case”. The Prevention Directorate of the Veneto Region in collaboration with the competent Health Authority and with the Istituto Zooprophylattico Sperimentale delle Venezie ...

rompighiaccio nuova russa

Russia launches new nuclear-powered icebreaker Chukotka: what we know

Credit: Rosatom The November 6 to St. Petersburg The new nuclear-powered icebreaker of the Russian fleet, the “Chukotka“, which takes its name from the region of the Russian Far East. It is the fourth vessel of the Project 22220whose objective is to allow navigation in the Arctic even in the coldest months by creating vehicles capable of navigating the so-called ...

Google Maps con Gemini

Google Maps now has artificial intelligence: you can now ask Gemini where to go

Credit: Google. Google Maps is one of the most used and popular navigation apps on the planet, thanks to the attention of Google in taking care of its development and functionality. With over 2 billion people using it every month, the app updates its maps daily with more than 100 million changes, processed through images, data from local partners and ...

effetto loto

Why are the leaves of some plants water-repellent? The lotus effect, what it is and how it works

THE’lotus effect it is the ability that some plants have – like the they shake or “mist tree”, the lotus and the cabbage – to “self-clean” its leaves thanks to details super-hydrophobic properties due to molecular microstructures and nanostructures present on the leaves themselves assisted by a waxy layer which makes the leaves extremely waterproofso much so that when they ...

Immagine

The oil market today is worth 3000 billion dollars and will continue to grow

Among the markets of raw materials none come anywhere near the size of that of the crude oil. In 2024 it reached a value of 2990 billion of dollars, increased by 6% compared to 2023 (2830 billion). This is a figure much higher than that of market of top 10 metals combined: the market of iron, in fact, which represents ...

perche si dice gli manca un venerdi

Why do we say “he’s missing a Friday” to describe eccentric or not very bright people?

The Italian expression “He/she misses a Friday” (with the variants “He misses some Fridays” and “He doesn’t have every Friday”) is a saying widespread in many regions of the country and, especially in the Centre-North, it is used to describe a person who seems like a bit out of the ordinary or slightly bizarre in behavior. The saying probably refers ...

differenza tra azioni e obbligazioni

What is the difference between stocks and bonds? And what causes its value to fluctuate?

Actions And bonds there are two types of financial instruments which can be bought or sold in the financial markets (primary and secondary) and, in particular, in Bag. For simplicity we can imagine the stock exchange as a large market where many different financial instruments are bought and sold, which we can compare to different types of fruit, whose prices ...

Test QI

Is the IQ test a reliable tool for measuring our intelligence?

The IQ test is an indicator that measures the level of general intelligence based on the answers provided to a series of questions that evaluate an individual’s verbal, logical and analytical, mathematical, mnemonic and spatial visualization skills. But is it a reliable tool for assessing a person’s intelligence? According to studies in recent years, this method is actually quite outdated, ...

Cobalto minerale estrazioni

Cobalt: what it is, uses and social implications of the precious metal for new technologies

The cobalta silver-coloured mineral but known for the blue pigments used since ancient times, is certainly not among the best-known metallic materials: in fact, we are usually dealing with objects made of aluminium, iron, or metal alloys such as steel or bronze . Despite this, it is used for millennia for ornamental purposesand is a fundamental component of vitamin B12, ...