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If Italian wine is excelling in the world’s markets thanks to the quality of its products, made-in-Italy technology dedicated to the vineyard and cellar is no less so. And just as wine is vigorously weathering the storm linked to inflation, raw material costs and international tensions, so the sector of machinery for enology and bottling confirms i...

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Stones that store heat, heat that generates steam, steam that expands in a machine that, in turn, generates electricity: this is an energy storage system that’s so simple it’s revolutionary – because instead of using “rare earth” minerals or raw materials that are only present in certain areas of the planet: it simply uses ordinary stones. It’s cal...

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On Wednesday, Nov. 2, Saint Louis University announced the launch of the Institute for Translational Neuroscience (ITN). The new Institute brings together experts in biochemistry, chemistry, pharmacology, social justice, and community outreach under a shared research umbrella in order to study the physiology and diseases of the brain and central ne...

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Art restorers in the Italian city of Florence have begun a six-month project to clean and virtually “unveil” a long-censored nude painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the most prominent women in the history of Italian art. Swirling veils and drapery were added to the “Allegory of Inclination” some 70 years after Gentileschi painted the life-si...

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Named after Atlas, the first cervical vertebra of the spine, which name is also is mythologically inspired (Atlas was the Greek titan who held the entire sky on his shoulders), Atlas, the new exoskeleton for pediatric use presented at IRCCS San Raffaele in Rome. It is the only exoskeleton in the world that allows a child to move freely and whose un...

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Do you want to know what Michelangelo's David, icon of the Italian Renaissance, thinks? How he spends his days? Ask him curiosities about the period in which it was made? Interacting with the alter ego of the world's most famous statue is even easier! "Chat with David," the artificial intelligence project that the Accademia Gallery of Florence's we...

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Italian scientists have developed a new process that reportedly extends the shelf life of fresh pasta by about a month, an advance they believe can help reduce food waste. The research, published recently in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology, developed changes to pasta product packaging, along with the addition of an antimicrobial bacteria call...

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Piccola Industria, the Organization of Confindustria (the General Confederation of Italian Industry) aimed to promote the development and growth of SMEs, organizes the National Day of Small and Medium Enterprises – PMI DAY every year since 2010. This is an open day for Confindustria SMEs, focused on students and teachers. Its goal is to tell the ne...

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Last week, on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Italian fashion industry leaders gathered to discuss the challenges of making sustainability a reality at the first Venice Sustainable Fashion Forum, a two-day event with C-suite executives from megawatt brands including Fendi and Prada as well as representatives from small, family-run suppliers. Th...

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Italy leads among European Union countries in food sustainability. This is thanks to the massive investments made by the Italian food industries, but also by the agri-food sectors. Both are investing in sustainable policies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, as envisaged by the European Green Deal and by the UN’s Agenda 2030. This issue was addres...

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