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The PLATINUM project claims to be a “Partnership for Learning and Teaching in University Mathematics.” The study began with the goal of analyzing existing Latin papyrus texts dating to the 1st to 8th centuries AD to learn more about Roman Orientalism as an aspect of “multiculturalism in Antiquity and Late Antiquity.” But this study of Latin texts h...

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Obtaining a position as a professor at an esteemed university is, by modern standards, an impressive accomplishment in its own right. But imagine being awarded such a position in eighteenth-century Italy, at height of the Age of Enlightenment, when, as historian of science Paula Findlen describes, the industry of science was booming and scholars we...

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A new autism gene has been found in an Italian-led study, Turin university said Friday. The international study was led by the northern Italian university and its Città della Salute along with the university of Cologne in Germany. Published in the journal Brain, the study showed that mutations in the Caprini gene are responsible for alterations in...

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The famous Pantheon in Rome boasts the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome—an architectural marvel that has endured for millennia, thanks to the incredible durability of ancient Roman concrete. For decades, scientists have been trying to determine precisely what makes the material so durable. A new analysis of samples taken from the concrete...

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Solar panels disguised as ancient Roman tiles or terracotta bricks to match the city skyline. The innovative solutions adopted by the archaeological park of Pompeii and the Portuguese city of Evora pave the way for an inspiring model: turning architectural constraints into assets, boosting heritage and sustainability. Each year over 3.5 million tou...

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The Roman Empire once stretched across swathes of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa to encircle the Mediterranean Sea. While the empire is long gone, remnants of its inhabitants’ lives remain scattered throughout the region, waiting to be rediscovered. From the Netherlands to Morocco, archaeological findings in 2022 revealed the luxurious li...

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In the 1990s, when the fashion system was building its foundations, industry experts claimed that the maximum turnover a fashion brand could aim for was 2 billion euros. Today that figure has been far exceeded by Italian fashion brands such as Gucci, Prada, and Moncler, while others are close to reaching the titanic figure of 1 billion. Helping MFF...

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A new Italian study in 'bioinformatics' has uncovered several hitherto unknown mutations of a serious tumour in children, paving the way for new and more targeted treatment of the neuroblastoma. The malign tumour of the nervous system strikes around 15,000 children and teenagers around the world each year, and over a hundred in Italy. It is conside...

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The most popular names chosen by new parents in Italy in 2021 were once again Sofia and Leonardo, according to a report by the national statistics office ISTAT. Sofia, which been the most popular name for baby girls for the last 12 years, is followed by Aurora, with Giulia and Ginevra in third and fourth place respectively. Leonardo has held the to...

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That of garbage is an emergency that has been trying to be fought for years now in many Italian cities. Rome and Naples are certainly the ones that suffer most from this discomfort, but the problem of garbage is also being felt in other cities. Burning every type of waste that came to the landfill, pollutes, so that is why alternative methods are b...

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