Particle accelerator When we hear about particle acceleratorswe often think of CERN in Geneva and the discovery of the Higgs boson. In reality these machines are not only used to reveal the secrets of the Universe: they are versatile tools which have a direct impact on our daily lives. Come on cultural heritage at the cancer treatmentfrom the microchip production ...
IT scams that exploit the name of digital public services are experiencing a phase of strong growth and in 2025 the phenomenon has taken on new characteristics, more refined and less recognizable at a glance, at least for less astute users. This photograph was “taken” by the new report on malicious campaigns analyzed in 2025, published by CERT-AgIDwhich highlights how ...
generated with AI When we watch a ski or skating competition, we see the end result of years of scientific research And physical training. There is a place where the hundredths of a second that make the difference between gold and fourth place are shaved off: there gwind allergy. During the event Winter Sports Tech organized by the Polytechnic of ...
If we publish on social media photo of ours boarding passes or our plane tickets, a stranger might cancel our flight. This is what happened in 2025 to a woman who had booked a flight to Singapore and shown the ticket on TikTok: an unknown person used the woman’s surname and the alphanumeric code on the ticket to cancel her ...
There blood pressure hasn’t always been an easy issue to read. For a long time it was, first of all, a force to be made visible. In the first experiments it was observed directly, connecting an artery to a glass column and looking how far the blood reached. This first invasive and cumbersome system was initially made more practical, measurable ...
Render of Academic City. Credit: Academic City of Armenia Among the most relevant projects promoted by the government of Armenia is: Academic Citya multidisciplinary hub that will be built in the north-western area of the capital, Yerevan. Conceived as an integrated campus on an urban scale, the new district will bring together 26 Armenian universities, research centers, spaces for scientific ...
Who has never blown one Menelik language? Also known as “Menelicche’s tongue” or “mother-in-law’s tongue”, we are talking about the sound tongue (or trumpet-whistle) that can be seen almost everywhere during the carnival, the one in which by blowing inside a long colored paper tube it unrolls and suddenly lengthens making an annoying noise and then curls up again. The ...
The Colossus of San Carlo di Arona, which inspired the Statue of Liberty in New York The Sancarloneor more correctly the Colossus of San Carlo Borromeoit is the tallest statue in Italy: overall measurement 35.1 metersof which 11.40pm of statue covered in copper and 11.70 of pedestal. It is located at Arona, in Piedmont, on Lake Maggiore, and is one ...
Image generated with AI There ethical tax is an additional tax introduced in Italy with the financial law (Law 266/2005) of 2006 and applied to income deriving from activities that the legislator has defined as “sensitive”, starting from production and dissemination of pornographic content. The rate is 25% and is added to ordinary income taxes. Those who pay it are ...
The ice of Greenland are melting at an unprecedented rate due to global warming, yet around the island, unlike what is happening on the rest of the planet, sea level could fall by up to 4 m by 2100. This phenomenon, apparently paradoxical, can be explained by the fact that the loss of ice lightens the crust of Greenland: the ...