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The black tomato is an Italian creation now ready to be commercialized. It was registered as "Sun Black" in 2009 and in 2014 its distribution to the public started. Sun Black was born from a project coordinated by Prof. Gian Piero Soressi, teaching at University of Tuscia in Viterbo.   Other institutions involved in the research were the Uni...

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Da piccola Katia Bertoldi si divertiva ad aiutare il padre litografo: insieme componevano le figure da stampare sulla carta, a Trento. Oggi ha 36 anni, insegna Ingegneria meccanica applicata in una delle più importanti università degli Stati Uniti, Harvard, e gioca con figure tridimensionali molto più complesse.   Ne ha appena creata una fin...

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di Francesca Gambarini   Da bambino visitava i parchi Disney con la famiglia e ne rimaneva incantato. Ora li progetta. Per Giacomo Savardi, 26 anni, da Varese, quello con Topolino, Paperino &co è un legame che comincia da lontano. E che ora, chissà, potrebbe anche diventare un lavoro. Primo passo: vincere il concorso «Imaginations». &nb...

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by Mauro Battocchi   Are you an Italian researcher born after April 1974 and currently working primarily in the United States or Canada? Here is a great opportunity for you.   Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation and LaFondazioneNY are pleased to announce their 2014 Award for the Humanities, which acknowledges t...

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Italian scientists created a tiny kidney dialysis machine to treat the smallest of babies, and used it to successfully treat a newborn with multiple organ failure. Existing dialysis machines are designed for adults and are adapted for newborns, but the researchers from San Bortolo Hospital in Vicenza said the modifications make them inaccurate. &...

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For Chico State University associate professor Chiara Ferrari, becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States was a historic, somber and happy moment. Ferrari was one of a small group of people from around the country, who became citizens at a ceremony March 6 at the State Capitol in Sacramento.   The event was historic because it was t...

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Rowan University's Italian-American Club will hold its Second Annual Autism Awareness Benefit on Saturday, April 11. The benefit runs from 7-10 p.m. in the Enyon Ballroom in Rowan's Chamberlain Student Center. Semi-formal attire is requested, and everyone is encouraged to wear blue to represent Autism Awareness. DJ Rob Zybrick will provid...

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A new way to move around town, "democratic", eco-friendly and Made in Italy: the new Askoll electric bike eB1 and electric scooter eS1 are already in stores.   The sleek innovative vehicles, the first devoted to the electric mobility entirely designed and manufactured in Italy, stem from the collaboration between Emo design, the industrial d...

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Gli Stati Uniti credono nelle risorse e nel know-how italiano, ma chiedono all'Italia uno sforzo in più per superare i punti deboli che ostacolano le aziende americane intenzionate a investire sul nostro territorio, a partire dalla lentezza del sistema giudiziario e da una burocrazia asfissiante. A chiederlo è l'ambasciatore John R. Phillips, in vi...

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Ogni anno, attraverso un programma di borse di studio e di ricerca internazionali post-laurea, l’American-Italian Cancer Foundation (AICF) di New York (onlus fondata dal medico e ricercatore italiano Umberto Veronesi per sostenere la ricerca e la prevenzione sul cancro) sostiene progetti di ricerca a favore di 20 giovani ricercatori italiani che ha...

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