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Pizza is a symbol of Italy for 89% of Italians, a farmers' survey published on Tuesday ahead of World Pizza Day Wednesday said. Pizza beats pasta into second place on 88%, with wine well back on 59% and cappuccino on 51%, said the IPSOS research agency survey for farmers group Coldiretti. Pizza, the survey said, "is perceived as a dish of the famil...

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Researchers have discovered a hidden fortification system buried beneath a Bronze Age village in Italy. Known as Villaggio dei Faraglioni, the settlement is located on Ustica, a small island north of Sicily. It has an "orderly urban plan" consisting of huts and narrow roadways built on the island's northern edge, according to a translated statement...

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Neapolitan scientist Francesca Santoro, a researcher and lecturer in Germany, leads a team of scientists that has developed "an 'organic' microchip that among its functions mimics the retina's ability to 'transform' light into electricity." In essence, the bio-chip mimics the functioning of the human eye and also the brain's memory. The study, carr...

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Elena Crespi, a researcher at the Sustainable Energy (SE) Center of the Bruno Kessler Foundation in Trento, was awarded the Young Scientist 2023 prize given by Hydrogen Europe Research, an international organization comprising 150 universities and research centers from 29 countries. The award ceremony took place on Nov. 22 in Brussels during Hydrog...

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Michigan State University in East Lansing is teaming with Politecnico di Milano in Italy to field a car in the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) next year. MSU is the first and only team from Michigan to race in the IAC series, which officially launched in 2019 and brings together academic institutions and public-private partnerships to challenge uni...

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The walled town of San Casciano delivers storybook Tuscany—narrow pedestrian-only streets, covered stone passageways, a looming castle, and a café-lined piazza. Outside the walls, the archetypal landscapes of the Val d’Orcia unfurl in all their glory, with rolling fields of vineyards and olive groves punctuated by cypress trees and the profile of a...

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Did you know that the median household income of Italian-American households exceeds that of the average U.S. household income by nearly $16,000 annually? Were you aware that the percentage of Italian Americans who have attained a college or professional degree is greater than the percentage of those in the U.S. population who have attained those s...

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Optical wireless may no longer have any obstacles. A study by Politecnico di Milano, conducted together with Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, the University of Glasgow and Stanford University, has made it possible to create photonic chips that mathematically calculate the optimal shape of light to best pass through any environment, even one that...

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There are four Italians among the world's best women scientists according to the latest annual ranking by Research.com on the basis of the number of publications and citations. Oncological epidemiology expert Silvia Franceschi is 20th; national nuclear physics institute research chief Speranza Falciano is 62nd; epidemiologist and Bologna University...

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Centuries ago, a marble statue stood in a cult sanctuary. Under his watchful stone eyes, worshippers visited and left offerings in the thermal spring that flowed through the center of the temple. Eventually, times changed. The once-revered deity was dismembered and left in the hot muddy waters. Until now. Archaeologists were excavating the ruins of...

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