'250 billion' plastic fragments in Mediterranean

2010-12-30T12:30:41Z

Some 250 billion microscopic pieces of plastic are floating in the Mediterranean, creating a biological hazard that reverberates up the food chain, according to research supported by green campaigners.

The estimate comes from French and Belgian marine biologists who analysed water samples taken in July off France, northern Italy and Large Hadron Collider experiment indicated that "some of the particles are intimately linked in a way not seen before in prot...

What is the Antikythera Mechanism?

2010-11-05T10:01:10Z

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What Are Rosemary Benefits?

2010-11-05T11:05:26Z

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What is Feldspar?

2010-11-05T10:53:26Z

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What is a Parasite?

2010-11-05T10:53:08Z

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Celebrated Russian seed bank fights for its land

2010-08-20T07:00:12Z

Celebrated Russian seed bank survived war but now may see its fields plowed for housing

The world's first seed bank survived World War II thanks to 12 Russian scientists who chose to starve to death rather than eat the grain they were saving for future generations.

Now the Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry's seed bank is in danger again, this time because of court-approve...

Researchers Find Brain Receptors Linked to Mother-Infant Bonding

2010-09-10T15:14:25Z

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Low-fibre western diets deter 'good bacteria'

2010-09-11T11:41:58Z

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Diet Appears to Influence Gut Bacteria Types

2010-11-02T13:56:27Z

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Acknowledging the History of Microscopes

2010-09-09T08:13:16Z

The word microscope derives from the Greek, namely the word micron = small and scopos = purpose. Overall, it is a tool used to view objects that are too small to be seen by the naked eye.

It is known that the makers of the microscope for the first time were two German scientists, namely Hans Janssen and Zacharias Janssen (father-son) in 1590. This finding encouraged other scientists, including Galileo Galilei ( Italy ), to make the same tool. Galileo completed it in the year 1609, ...

The Kamil Crater in Egypt

2010-11-02T14:03:59Z

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New Insights into the Habits of Highly Ineffective People

2010-09-10T12:25:24Z

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Evidence for Young Volcanism on Mercury from the Third MESSENGER Flyby

2010-11-02T14:03:55Z

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EU to push forward the internationalization of Chinese medicine

2010-09-08T16:12:04Z

By the State led by Shang Yong, vice minister of Science and Technology, with many domestic Chinese pharmaceutical company to participate in the Chinese delegation composed by the Chinese Ministry of Science and the Italian Ministry of Health, the EU Directorate General for Research jointly sponsored the "International Cooperation and Prospects" is the theme Central European Congress of Chinese Medicine Day
Ago in Rome, Italy, this is the first time in Europe, the results show the developm...

Shorter Telomere Length Again Linked to Cancer

2010-09-10T20:07:24Z

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How Brain Organizes Info Doesn't Depend on Sight

2010-09-10T20:04:30Z

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Terrestrial Gross Carbon Dioxide Uptake: Global Distribution and Covariation with Climate

2010-11-02T14:03:54Z

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Italian Scientists May Face Trial for Not Predicting 2009 Earthquake

2010-11-02T13:34:45Z

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Italian Scientists Provide Food With Thought

2010-11-02T14:03:51Z

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Global Repositioning On the Ground

2010-11-02T15:24:41Z

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Glaxo sells Italian R&D facility to Aptuit

2010-07-01T06:15:25Z

GlaxoSmithKline PLC says it has finalized a deal to sell its research operations in Italy to Aptuit Inc.

Glaxo hasn't revealed financial terms for the deal disclosed on Thursday. Some 500 staff at a facility in Verona will be transferred from Glaxo to Aptuit.

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AAAS Criticizes Government Charges Against Italian Scientists; Researchers Have Been Indicted for Failing to Predict

2010-11-02T14:03:48Z

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Divided Brains Are Smarter

2010-11-02T14:03:24Z

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How Brain Organizes Info Doesn’t Depend on Sight

2010-09-10T13:33:06Z

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In Race to Build New Particle Smasher, Japan Gets $100 Million Head Start Over Italy

2010-11-02T14:02:49Z

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A Perspective on 3-D Illusions

2010-10-27T09:14:16Z

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MicroRNAs That Restrain Oncogenesis

2010-10-27T07:55:27Z

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Physicists solve mystery of missing neutrinos

2010-05-31T16:15:24Z

Scientists in Europe announced Monday they had likely solved the case of the missing neutrinos, one of the enduring mysteries in the subatomic universe of particle physics.

If confirmed in subsequent experiments, the findings challenge core precepts of the so-called Standard Model of physics, and could have major implications for our understanding of matter in the universe, the researchers said.

For decades physicists had observed t...

Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Linked to Gene Change

2010-10-27T08:45:36Z

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Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Linked to Gene Change

2010-10-27T07:06:05Z

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Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines

2010-10-27T07:54:51Z

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Carbon counter unveiled in New York City

2010-10-25T14:34:23Z

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First Ever Multicellular Animals Found In Oxygen-Free Environment

2010-10-27T07:26:16Z

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Undersea volcano threatens southern Italy: report

2010-03-29T09:16:25Z

Europe's largest undersea volcano could disintegrate and unleash a tsunami that would engulf southern Italy "at any time", a prominent vulcanologist warned in an interview published Monday.

The Marsili volcano, which is bursting with magma, has "fragile walls" that could collapse, Enzo Boschi told the leading daily Corriere della Se...

Scientists scent breakthrough in truffle trafficking

2010-03-28T14:15:49Z

One of Europe's gastronomic jewels, the fabled black Perigord truffle, has been genetically unravelled, a feat that could doom fakers who pass off inferior truffles as the real thing, scientists said on Sunday.

The truffle, found mainly in France but also in Spain and Italy, is known by its Latin name of Tuber me...

Italian swaps physics for writing and wins plaudits

2010-03-24T12:16:52Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Working long days in a particle physics laboratory at the University of Turin, doctoral student Paolo Giordano wanted an escape from the academic rigors of numbers.

So he wrote about love and misunderstanding with a sprinkling of science and unwittingly became a litera...

Gamma-Ray Emission from the Shell of Supernova Remnant W44 Revealed by the Fermi LAT

2010-10-27T07:53:47Z

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Turning Flat Photos Into 3-Dimensional Buildings

2010-11-03T09:03:51Z

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The one who moved the earth

2010-10-27T07:33:16Z

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Denham Capital cashes in on SunRay sale

2010-10-25T05:46:45Z

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Physical Changes in Brain Linked to Altered Spirituality

2010-10-25T04:21:14Z

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Detection of Gamma-Ray Emission from the Vela Pulsar Wind Nebula with AGILE

2010-10-27T07:53:25Z

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Austrian avalanche experiment with pigs called off: police

2010-04-16T07:36:50Z

An experiment in Austria in which 29 live pigs were to be buried under masses of snow to study human survival chances in avalanches has been called off for fear of public protests, police said Friday.

Animal rights groups condemned the experiment as "bizarre" and "macabre" and activists had started gathering in the Tyrol's Oetz valley, where the research was being conducted by the medical facult...

E-Type Asteroid (2867) Steins as Imaged by OSIRIS on Board Rosetta

2010-10-27T07:53:01Z

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Genotype Can Figure in Cancer Prognosis and Treatment

2010-10-24T15:29:14Z

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Italian Scientists Protest Job Cuts, a Libel Lawsuit Over an MRI Drug

2010-10-26T23:21:05Z

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Life in the inner galaxy would be bombarded by comets

2010-10-22T14:52:26Z

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Experts: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts

2010-04-16T08:44:31Z

Scientists in Italy say amputee controlled robotic hand connected to nerves, felt sensation

A group of European scientists say they have successfully connected a robotic hand to a man who had lost an arm, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial hand and control it with his thoughts.

The experiment lasted a month. Scientists say it was the first time an amputee has been able to make complex movements using h...

Bob’s High-School Curriculum: Sophomore Year

2010-10-26T23:21:44Z

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Polarized Light: A Threat to Animals

2010-10-26T23:21:42Z

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Decoding the Horse

2010-10-26T23:20:42Z

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Genome Sequence, Comparative Analysis, and Population Genetics of the Domestic Horse

2010-10-26T23:20:42Z

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The Man Who Discovered What Killed the Dinosaurs

2010-11-02T13:37:58Z

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Establishing Tertiary boundaries

2010-10-22T11:57:12Z

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Mediterranean Anarchy Interstate War and the Rise of Rome

2010-10-22T11:33:49Z

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The contemporary discipline

2010-10-22T11:33:26Z

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Algorithm Generates a Virtual Rome in 3D from 150,000 Flickr Photos

2010-10-26T21:31:15Z

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Observing the oceans: information meeting for the media in Venice, Italy, on 21 September

2010-10-22T08:03:12Z

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Time Is Not Linear

2010-10-10T00:15:52Z

Most of the world follows the Gregorian calendar. Did you know that? Do you know the difference between the Gregorian and the Julian calendars? More importantly are you aware of the Mayan calendar and I am not talking about just the proposed end date of December 21, 2012. Why do we Westerners make the number TEN (10) so foundational when the Mayans uses the numbers THIRTEEN (13) and TWENTY (20) for the calendars foundation?

Before I tell you how the Mayans arrived at 13 and 20, which...

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2010-10-22T11:27:39Z

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Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces Regression Methods for Genomic Assisted Prediction of Quantitative Traits

2010-10-22T11:24:39Z

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GEOLOGY

2010-10-22T11:21:36Z

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2010-10-22T11:12:03Z

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Italy Partial Solar Eclipse

2011-01-04T02:31:19Z

A partial solar eclipse is partially seen at top right through the clouds past the ancient Colosseum, in Rome, Italy, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011.(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Greece Explosion

2010-12-30T06:01:31Z

A firefighter looks on at the damaged court administration buildings after a motorcycle bomb explosion in Athens, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. The attack, which caused extensive damage but no injuries, follows a spate or parcel bombings by Greek militants last month and related attacks in Italy. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Copyright 2010 Italy's Christof Innerhofer celebrates at the finish area after finishing third in an alpine ski World Cup men's downhill race, in Bormio, Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati)

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Italy Embassy Blasts

2010-12-28T05:01:12Z

A Carabinieri car is parked in front of the Danish Embassy in Rome, Monday, Dec. 27, 2010. A package bomb was found at the Greek Embassy in Rome on Monday, four days af...

Hornets Timberwolves Basketball

2010-12-27T20:01:27Z

New Orleans Hornets' Marco Belinelli, left, of Italy and Minnesota Timberwolves' Wesley Johnson race for the loose ball in the first half of an

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EU to push forward the internationalization of Chinese medicine

Shorter Telomere Length Again Linked to Cancer

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Italian Scientists May Face Trial for Not Predicting 2009 Earthquake

Italian Scientists Provide Food With Thought

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Glaxo sells Italian R&D facility to Aptuit

AAAS Criticizes Government Charges Against Italian Scientists; Researchers Have Been Indicted for Failing to Predict

Divided Brains Are Smarter

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In Race to Build New Particle Smasher, Japan Gets $100 Million Head Start Over Italy

A Perspective on 3-D Illusions

MicroRNAs That Restrain Oncogenesis

Physicists solve mystery of missing neutrinos

Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Linked to Gene Change

Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Linked to Gene Change

Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines

Carbon counter unveiled in New York City

First Ever Multicellular Animals Found In Oxygen-Free Environment

Undersea volcano threatens southern Italy: report

Scientists scent breakthrough in truffle trafficking

Italian swaps physics for writing and wins plaudits

Gamma-Ray Emission from the Shell of Supernova Remnant W44 Revealed by the Fermi LAT

Turning Flat Photos Into 3-Dimensional Buildings

The one who moved the earth

Denham Capital cashes in on SunRay sale

Physical Changes in Brain Linked to Altered Spirituality

Detection of Gamma-Ray Emission from the Vela Pulsar Wind Nebula with AGILE

Austrian avalanche experiment with pigs called off: police

E-Type Asteroid (2867) Steins as Imaged by OSIRIS on Board Rosetta

Genotype Can Figure in Cancer Prognosis and Treatment

Italian Scientists Protest Job Cuts, a Libel Lawsuit Over an MRI Drug

Life in the inner galaxy would be bombarded by comets

Experts: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts

Bob’s High-School Curriculum: Sophomore Year

Polarized Light: A Threat to Animals

Decoding the Horse

Genome Sequence, Comparative Analysis, and Population Genetics of the Domestic Horse

The Man Who Discovered What Killed the Dinosaurs

Establishing Tertiary boundaries

Mediterranean Anarchy Interstate War and the Rise of Rome

The contemporary discipline

Algorithm Generates a Virtual Rome in 3D from 150,000 Flickr Photos

Observing the oceans: information meeting for the media in Venice, Italy, on 21 September

Time Is Not Linear

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Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces Regression Methods for Genomic Assisted Prediction of Quantitative Traits

GEOLOGY

Conferences

Italy Partial Solar Eclipse

Greece Explosion

Italy Embassy Blasts

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