Hygiene freaks, but still smell that strange fishy smell? It might not be your fault. There is in fact a rare disease called trimethylaminuria (TMAU), and also known as “fish odor syndromeAccording to some findings, it affects from 1 person in 200,000 to 1 in a million, although it is believed that the real figure is higherdue to lack of ...
The Stradivari violin preserved at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Public Domain). Stradivari are the most famous violins in the world and among the most valuable of all: they can be worth millions of euros due to their extraordinary quality and their rarity (to date there are around 650 examples, of which around fifty are intact). The creations of the ...
Loaves dating back to the 14th century. to. C., kept in the Egyptian Museum of Turin and coming from the tomb of Kha and Merit. Credit: By Museo Egizio In Turin (IT), CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=131692220 Egyptian society was founded on precise agricultural rhythms and a simple diet. Even if the Egyptians they didn’t know the modern concept of “breakfast”, intended as ...
From a chemical point of view, the cooking salt (sodium chloride – NaCl) is nothing more than the neutralization product of a strong acid (hydrochloric acid – HCl) and one strong base (sodium hydroxide, commonly called caustic soda – NaOH). So the question came to me spontaneously: is it possible to boil pasta in a pan full of water where ...
The origin of the has been discovered loud “boom” registered in National Laboratories of Gran Sasso (LNGS) of the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN): its causes of the event, which occurred during the night between 14 and 15 August 2023, remained unknown for a long time, but now researchers from INFN, INGV (National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology) and ...
The SLS rocket of the Artemis II mission on the launch pad. Credit: NASA There is less and less left until the launch of Artemis IIwhich could happen on April 2, 2026 at 00:24 Italian (18:24 April 1 local time) in a 2-hour launch window. NASA mission will return humans to orbit around the Moon after more than 50 years. ...
Jannik Sinner. ATP Tour Twitter account After the triumph in the Indian Wells Masters 1000 in the final against Medvedev, Jannik Sinner completed the “Sunshine Double” – the Sun’s double on American hard courts – also winning the Miami tournament, beating the Czech Lehecka in the last act. All without losing a set in 12 matches – it had never ...
We use them almost every day: posters, stickers, double-sided tapes. When we apply them to a surface, they adhere thanks to the viscoelastic properties of the adhesive material and the quality of contact between adhesive and surface. However, since no real chemical bonds are formed, themembership is not permanent and as time passes it tends to reduce, to the point ...
AI generated image Many Italians, even educated ones, stumble upon phrases like “There are few” or “There is one for everyone”. It’s about expressions key they tend to be confused because their sound it’s a lot similar. According to the definition it is written there is (with apostrophe and accent) when it means “there is” or “exists”. It is used ...
New research conducted at Princeton University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering opens a promising path towards a new generation of cementitious materialswhich can be used to create more resistant, safe and long-lasting buildings and infrastructures. At the basis of this innovation there is not a new cement or a new mixture, but it study of the structure of mother-of-pearl: ...