The Mario Negri pharmacological research institute, founded and chaired by Silvio Garattini and directed by Giuseppe Remuzzi, is a unique jewel of our country and has rightly been awarded an important international recognition such as the Edinburgh Medal. AND'…
A debate from the first decades of the 2000s, with the theory of the fractal Universe at its center - which ended in favor of the classical theory of the uniform distribution of matter - provides an example of how and where a scientific debate should take place...
Elsevier, a Dutch publishing house part of the British RELX group, which operates in the publication of medical and scientific publications, has released "Scopus AI", a new generation tool that combines generative artificial intelligence with content and data…
The intelligence test considered most reliable by psychologists is the Wechsler test, which is the method used by Mensa, all over the world, to establish belonging to the global elite of the most intelligent people. Only 2% of the population exceeds this…
During journalistic work, it may happen that you come across insights that require the ability to navigate scientific studies and publications. In the absence of specific preparation or a specialized colleague to ask for help, it is advisable to stick to…
The Gaussian distribution is the basis of modern statistics, but it is also an extraordinary demonstration of how mathematics is able to describe real-life phenomena, even when they present various aspects of uncertainty. There are very few higher education courses,…
In literature, argumentative fallacies have been the subject of investigation since the time of Aristotle. There are deliberately erroneous reasonings and others in which it is the speaker who deceives himself, becoming a victim of the argumentative fallacy himself. The Gish gallop is a technique that…
The current scenario of scientific communication sees, on the one hand, a public eager to obtain detailed explanations on the most disparate topics, on the other researchers and institutions who struggle to find language, channel and methods to get the right messages...
Only 17% of the 8 million skilled ICT workers in Europe are women. And with the shortage in the cybersecurity sector, gender equality in the field is increasingly required. The examples of France and India
The program aims to promote gender equality in the workplace and counter stereotypes that hold women back from undertaking STEM studies. Meetings held in 61 Italian high schools where Enel group professionals shared their…
Subsidence threatens the Italian coasts. An INGV study warns of the dangers even if the times are very long.
The "Milan Life Science Forum" took place, an annual event that takes stock of the situation in the Life Sciences sector, which contributes to 13% of the GDP in Lombardy. Also presented were the results of the research "Sustainability and resilience of…
The senator for life rises up against anti-scientific prejudices and against the government's proposal to ban the production of cultured meat without even waiting for the opinion of the European supervisory authority. A conference in the Senate will examine all the scientific aspects…
A human and technological tragedy that has nothing to do with scientific explorations. The exaggerated cost of "visits" to the Titanic. Professor Alessio Rovere, professor at the Cà Foscari University of Venice speaks
The EU Commission's MUSA project on accident risks has ended. The UN is keeping the Ukraine power plant under observation while the EU should refinance the project.
Known as a town overlooking a beautiful sea, Pollica inaugurates the Center for International Theoretical Physics. Three young scholars among the promoters.
Seismic literacy day representative of the desire to know the phenomena. Every 4,5 years Italy at risk of a destructive earthquake, says INGV
At the gates of Turin, the birthplace of Piero Angela, a mural that recalls the work of the great journalist and scientific popularizer. Thursday 22 December the inauguration.
What is scientific about the horoscope? What is the force that, according to astrology, should influence our destiny at birth? Anyone who has studied a little physics can answer these questions by concluding that the only force at play is gravitational,…
Cardiff's mayor has denied a visa to a statue honoring Guglielmo Marconi, the genius inventor of the radio, claiming he was a fascist in his day and discriminated against Jewish academics. Two indelible marks also for…
In his new book "Indagine sul futuro", published by Laterza, the economist Salvatore Rossi, former General Manager of Bankitalia and now President of Tim talks with a series of experts and focuses on the possible trends of the years to come
Everyone is fascinated by the aura of mystery surrounding quantum physics but it is a fascination that unfortunately does not arouse curiosity and few really know what it is
INTERVIEW WITH GENETIST BRUNO DALLAPICCOLA, Scientific Director of Bambin Gesù - After the recent discovery of the last stretch of the genome, studies are now focusing on the most common complex diseases, from diabetes to allergies, from cancer to psychiatric diseases. But…
In her book, Professor Naomi Oreskes of Harvard University explains the tactics of the "merchants of doubt", but above all why we must trust science and not individual scientists
In a world where machines are increasingly intelligent and "indispensable", the risks and implications at a social and cultural level are often underestimated. The physicist Cristianini at the Lettura del Mulino is convinced that it is time to "dictate the…
During the recent Scientific Summit on Tobacco Harm Reduction, several medical voices showed scientific evidence according to which electronic cigarettes help reduce the damage to health of traditional smoking
The translation of articles or scientific texts is a complex activity that requires highly specialized skills - this is how a specialized agency like Eurotrad works
On 8 July 2021, Christie's Classic Week Exceptional Sale will feature Isaac Newton's (1642-1727) manuscript revisions to the Principia, arguably the single most important work in the history of science (estimate: £600.000-900.000)
In the report "100 Italian Life Sciences Stories", Simbola and Enel use 100 stories that symbolize innovation to explore a system that employs 1,8 million people and has a production of 225 billion - Lombardy at the top followed…
The European Parliament allocates around 95 billion euros for a multiannual plan based on Science, Global Challenges, Innovation. The differences between countries on energy, climate, agriculture
Letter to the premier for an acceleration in the field of research in support of sustainability policies
In a letter, some members of the Academy have proposed to the premier to set up a Foundation co-financed with private individuals, organized "by and for scientists".
Beyond the judgment on the text, Pope Francis' Encyclical touches on problems - from science to the market economy and the Internet - with which to deal outside of ideologies - The type of…
After the complicated days of the lockdown, without suspension of activities, "Futuro Remoto" dedicated to climate change is organized in the Neapolitan structure. China at Città della Scienza in Naples, because culture and internationalization must not experience setbacks. Not even in the darkest moments, when it is necessary, instead, to have the ability to relate knowledge, the…
Food, cosmetics, and drugs: nanoparticles have invaded our lives. Despite numerous studies and scientific research on the subject, the long-term effects of nanoparticles on the environment and on health are still shrouded in uncertainty. we find them from salt, to…
Contrary to what our brain leads us to believe, a good part of the pleasure we experience from eating or drinking does not come from the palate but from the nose: between 75 and 90% of the taste is olfactory, according to science.
A team led by Christopher Hendon, professor of chemistry at the University of Oregon, has tried to define a scientific model for the espresso served at the bar.
Scientist Dario Bressanini's book reveals some curiosities about the chemical reactions of vegetables and therefore about how they should be stored, cooked and eaten to enhance their flavors and properties.
The cycle of conferences organized as part of the Summer School Entrepreneurship in Humanities is accompanied by two free summer schools and the "EX3" exhibition.
Saturday 8 June in Bologna an entire afternoon of meetings at the Golinelli factory, all dedicated to the great Leonardo on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of his death.
The Festival organized by National Geographic has kicked off and will last until Sunday 14 April at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome. This year is dedicated to invention. There will be over 200 meetings, here are a few.
Ice Music Festival Norway ended on February 16th, in Finse, Norway, a few steps from the imposing Hardangerjøkulen glacier: the ice structures of the Festival melted due to the absurd temperatures and the event risked…
The authoritative scientific journal The Lancet has published a study on the "universal diet", which protects people's health and the planet, which in 30 years will be populated by over 10 billion individuals.
A transversal pact that commits the political forces to counter the actions of pseudo-scientists, no vax and denialism - Grillo and Renzi for the first time on the same side - The virologist Burioni, promoter of the initiative: "Something happened today...
The Rector did not appear at the disputed conference of the Milan Polytechnic on biodynamic agriculture and the mayor limited himself to sending a video message - But the Dean of Architecture announces a degree course linked precisely to…
After the tragedy of the last few weeks, with the dead and the thousands of hectares of woods destroyed, nature and man find their harmony in Trentino: the researchers of the MUSE of Trento have discovered, in Val di Fiemme, the…
Scientist and life senator Elena Cattaneo has sent a strong letter to the Rector of the Milan Polytechnic to criticize the university's willingness to host a "surprising and alarming" conference on biodynamics, "one of the most anti-scientific practices that exist…
The cultural event closes today 11 November. 22nd edition dedicated to regeneration in a city tormented by environmental disasters. Exhibitions and interactive qualities for the benefit of young people, researchers and enthusiasts.
Ray Kurzweil, the chief futurist of Google, is working on a project to conquer death through artificial intelligence: Bill Gates was enthusiastic about him while others consider him a fraud - But a crucial question remains: with the extreme use…
The removal of a scientist of Roberto Battiston's esteem from the leadership of the Italian Space Agency is unacceptable for at least three reasons and calls into question the autonomy of research and the Plan for the Space Economy
The duel between those in favor and against genetically modified plants (GM) is still on but life senator Elena Cattaneo launches an appeal from the Georgofili Academy in Florence for politics and science to dialogue overcoming obscurantism - Meanwhile the School…
The Central Municipal Library of Milan will host the presentation of the ebook dedicated to themes related to the countryside, art, museums, science, cities and the environment by the authors Anna Finocchi, Agnese Visconti and Giovanna Fazio. Alessandra Mottola Molfino is the director…
Christie's on December 4 presents the auction of one of the most important manuscripts of the most famous thinker of the 20th century, Albert Einstein's Letter of God (Estimate: $1.000.000 - 1.500.000).
The MUSE – Science Museum – of Trento, designed by starchitect Renzo Piano, has just turned five. From 29 July 2013 – when the Science Museum of Trento opened its headquarters – to 30 June 2018, there were over 3 million visitors.…
The Bolognese summer school "Entrepreneurship in humanities" organized by the Golinelli Foundation has begun. Two events open to the public will host Christian Greco, director of the Egyptian Museum of Turin, and Mauro Felicori, general director of the Royal Palace of Caserta
Today, Friday 9 March, at 18.00, as part of the Gravity exhibition, a meeting with free admission with the participation of the philosopher Massimo Cacciari and the physicist and mathematician, Mario Rasetti. Theme: the dialogue between physiosophy and science in front of the scenarios…
INTERVIEW with FABIOLA GIANOTTI, director of Cern and one of the most important scientists in the world, in Rome for a round of meetings also linked to the "Gravity" exhibition at MAXXI. "Perfection doesn't exist in the cosmos, otherwise we wouldn't exist." The excitement for…
The exhibition (Padua, Palazzo del Monte di Pietà, from 18 November 2017 to 18 March 2018), conceived by Giovanni CF Villa for the Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo Foundation tells, for the first time, the overall figure and…
The conquest of people's attention and therefore of their time has become the new business model of big tech and scholars hypothesize that the economy of the future will be the attention economy, but what will be the consequences for individuals? Happiness…
Thanks to her, scientists will have the opportunity to study the "glue" that holds matter together - The discovery took place through the largest accelerator in the world, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
Videos, cartoons, apps: science can also be explained in this way and this is how 600 children from 85 Italian schools who attended the Foundation's Summer School carried out biotechnology, biochemistry and molecular biology experiments in cutting-edge laboratories…
For the ART CITY White Night the Italian preview of the video “The Strife of Love in a Dream” by the French Camille Henrot, winner in 2013 of the Silver Lion as best young artist at the 55th Venice Biennale. Art Fair and Foundation…
For Arte Fiera 2016 (January 29-31) the Golinelli Foundation exhibits ten works from the collection of Marino and Paola Golinelli inside Opificio Golinelli, the citadel for knowledge and culture inaugurated in Bologna in October 2015 in via Paolo…
Turning the growth rings of a tree into music. Without the needle of the record player and the vinyls, but with the help of a micro camera and a software that translates the natural grain into piano sounds: Bartholomäus Traubeck Saturday 5…
INTERVIEW WITH ANDREA ZANOTTI, vice president of the Golinelli Foundation of Bologna, who explains the Opus 2065 project - "We have foreseen an Opus brand for the inventions of the children of the Opificio, a permanent laboratory of science but also of science fiction, an extended consultation…
On the occasion of the exhibition at MAMbo (Via Don Minzoni 14, Bologna) and until 22 November, the Golinelli Foundation offers a rich program of guided tours, in-depth meetings and aperitifs, aimed at the adult public.
Through the double gaze of science and art, the exhibition created by the Golinelli Foundation offers an exploration path on one of the themes that has always been at the center of human reflection: the "degrees of freedom" of our behavior. Museo d'Arte Modern…
The first art and science exhibition promoted by the Golinelli Foundation opens its doors in Bologna on 18 September " "Degrees of freedom: where and how our possibility of being free arises". An extraordinary event that will mark the beginning…
The Golinelli Foundation at Expo Milano 2015 with the project "Culture feeds the planet" from 31 August to 2 September
School of ideas of the Golinelli Foundation participates with two proposals open to the public in the tenth edition of the City of the Zecchino d'Oro, scheduled from 4 to 6 September 2015.
From 23 July 2015, the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan exhibits Leonardo da Vinci's Ycocedron Abscisus Vacuus.
The exoplanet Kepler 452B discovered by NASA scientists thanks to the Kepler space telescope could be very similar to our Earth - The planet orbits its star in 385 days and is about 1400 distant from the solar system…
The Golinelli Foundation's factory is born in Bologna, a unique and visionary creation of 9 thousand square meters to promote the culture and education of young people that realizes the dream of Marino Golinelli, the man who has already lived three lives, to invest…
The Italian astronaut at 14 pm in connection from Houston on Asi TV (the web TV of the Italian space agency) will answer questions from Italian journalists
"Hello Earth": on Saturday evening the Philae lander woke up after 7 months of "hibernation" and started sending its signals to Earth again from the comet it landed on - The Rosetta mission module had stopped…
The second edition of the Business Garden kicks off on 29 June 2015 in Bologna, a Trust Eureka project conceived and created by the Golinelli Foundation in collaboration with the Municipality of Bologna, Unindustria Bologna and H-Farm. The design ideas…
GOLINELLI FOUNDATION - The summer program of the Golinelli Foundation's activities at the Serre dei Giardini Margherita in Bologna begins today. It will be dedicated above all to children and teenagers and will last from 6 June to 28 August.
Nao Challenge Italia: 340 children from 45 schools from all over Italy in the final in Bologna on 23 and 24 May at the School of Ideas of the Golinelli Foundation
From 10 March to 31 October 2015, the exhibition 'La mente di Leonardo. Leonardo's drawings from the Codex Atlanticus' presents 88 sheets covering the artistic, technological and scientific interests of the Genius in the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana and in the Sacristy of Bramante…
Institute of Astrophysics and the Golinelli Foundation in the field with the British Council. This time the talent show is scientific: explaining science in a few minutes to a non-specialist audience. Whoever wins participates in the world final in England. We leave tomorrow…
INTERVIEW WITH MARINO GOLINELLI, entrepreneur, philanthropist and founder of the Golinelli Foundation. A man who lived with great responsibility towards himself and towards society. A nonagenarian who knows how to listen, observe and fearlessly accept the world that…
Tomorrow at the Lincei the international maxi-research that examined and studied 27 paintings with the help of chemists, physicists, historians, artists, archaeologists will be presented - 79 institutions involved including the Metropolitan in NY and the Opificio Pietre dure in Florence
FONDAZIONE GOLINELLI - Three appointments to stay up late with Guglielmo Marconi's inventions, interactive dinosaur workshops and recycled household appliances to play. Appointments: 7 February, 7 March, 18 April 2015.
Study by Banca Mps Research Area on nano fibers and nanotechnologies: growing sector for textiles, medicine, mechanics, electronics - A global market with sales up by 30% and a potential value of 2,2 billion dollars by 2022.
According to a study, friends share 1% of genes with each other, much more than strangers - They are therefore related as people who share the same "great-grandparent", at the level of fourth cousins.
"Science and conscience. Personal truths and public practices" is the title of the new pamphlet by the sociologist Franco Ferrarotti, published by EDB (123 pages, 10 euros). "This book - the father of sociology in Italy writes in the preface - comes from…
La Scienza in Piazza returns to Bologna with a major event on food until 13 April - Art and science thus merge into a single dish, waiting for Expo 2015
All cultural events from 29 July to 29 September: archeology, painting, sculpture, photography, science to spend a Roman summer in the company of art in all its manifestations
"Hunting for Supernovae" opens today the cycle of Cosmolab evenings, an extraordinary opportunity to do live research and transform the starry dome of the Rome Planetarium into a real avant-garde astrophysics laboratory open to all.
Inventor, astronomer, mathematician, expert in machines: a timeless genius, that of Archimedes, who has gathered and continues to gather around him interest, amazement and much emulation.
SCIENCE - A "time machine" for human cells: the discovery of public universities and private structures in Bologna, Florence and Sassari - The results in "Cell Transplantation", the prestigious US journal of regenerative medicine.
At the Geneva conference, Cern announced: the existence of the Higgs boson was confirmed, which opens up a new world for today's scientists and marks a step forward in answering once indecipherable questions.
