NEL 2010, a 28 anni, si è trasferito negli Usa come ricercatore al Goddard Space Flight Center della Nasa e dell'Università del Maryland. Due anni fa il suo studio su come i buchi neri sottraggono i gas che servono a formare nuove stelle ha conquistato la copertina di Nature. Domani Francesco Tombesi, 35 anni di Montecassiano, in provincia di Macer...

La Commissione Fulbright, nata da un accordo tra il governo italiano e statunitense, sponsorizza borse di studio per italiani che vogliano trascorrere negli Stati Uniti un periodo di studio, ricerca o insegnamento. Per i laureati italiani che sono intenzionati a conseguire un Master o un Dottorato negli Stati Uniti, i concorsi, denominati Self-Plac...

Eat spaghetti, cheat death: it might sound too good to be true, but Italian researchers say they’ve cracked a recipe that could help reduce deaths from heart attacks. In a newly published study, medical researchers at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna’s Institute of Life Sciences in Pisa developed a special kind of pasta enriched with barley flour. Th...

La Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Southeast (IACCSE) lancia un nuovo servizio per le imprese italiane che vogliono approdare in Florida. Dal 1 febbraio 2018, sara’ disponibile un incubatore di impresa che permettera’ alle start-up italiane di appoggiarsi alla Camera di Commercio italiana a Miami per iniziare un percorso di internazionalizzazione...

A precious piece of mosaic flooring from one of the ceremonial ships built by Emperor Caligula to host festivities on Lake Nemi on Friday is being sent back to Italy where it will be returned to Nemi's Naval museum, Culture Minister Dario Franceschini has announced. The square piece of marble flooring, decorated with a floral motif made of pieces o...

Once upon a time, we had products that were colorful, in shapes that were quirky, whimsical, and expressive. Interesting! And then, almost every tech product became white, silver, gray, black, flat, square, round, and minimalist. Boring. But there are hints that this is changing. And one of the leaders of this change is, somewhat improbably, Google...

November 7th-8th 2017, Embassy of Italy, Washington DC - SCIENCE & THE NEW INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: INDUSTRY 4.0. Disruptive Changes: the Impact of the 4th Industrial Revolution on Research, Science, Academia, and on our daily lives The theme of this year is Science & the New Industrial Revolution: Industry 4.0: the meaning of the fourth industrial r...

October is a special month for Italian-Americans, dedicated as it is to their heritage and history. October is also the month remembering the coming of Christopher Columbus to the New World and, regardless to one’s personal view on the event, the figure of the Italian explorer is deeply rooted with the history of the United States and of the whole...

Symbola Foundation – a group committed to promote Made in Italy abroad- has recently issued a report called I.T.A.L.I.A. 2017 revealing very interesting data. Italy can be innovative, creative and competitive on global markets. To give an idea, the report points out how between 2014-2017 Italian exports have increased up to 26,7 billion Euros, achi...

An Italian technology startup called Eyra Ltd will soon release a wearable device known as the Horus that allows the visually impaired to explore public space beyond the limitations of the walking cane. "The white cane is not enough because it only solves the issue of detecting obstacles touching the ground," said Saverio Murgia, CEO and co-founder...