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To make possible a long-term human presence on the Moon, the Italian Space Agency (Asi) and the Milan Polytechnic University have signed an agreement on an ambitious project to be developed and validated: it is Oracle, (Oxygen Retrieval Asset by Carbothermal-reduction in Lunar Environment), a plant that allows the extraction of oxygen from lunar re...

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Italy, a country renowned for its rich history and cultural heritage, is home to countless well-known landmarks and attractions. However, it also harbors a multitude of lesser-known gems, each with its own unique story. Let’s embark on a journey to uncover five such “secrets” hidden in plain sight in some of Italy’s most famous cities. Our first st...

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There are less than three years left until the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Italy’s biggest sporting event that will be held exactly 20 years after the Turin Winter Olympics, but there is already cause for celebration: the official partnership with Prosecco Doc, the world’s most popular and consumed sparkling wine, which embrace...

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From vivid flashes of promise in the Ruhr to hype and stagnation in West London — Christian Pulisic’s vacillating European tour will aim for revival in Lombardy, northern Italy. Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea, now AC Milan. The 24-year-old’s CV remains superficially impressive, albeit with growing question marks over whether he can recapture the magic...

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Politecnico of Milan, then La Sapienza of Rome, and third the Alma Mater Studiorum of Bologna. Italian universities, year after year climb positions in the QS World University Rankings, which thus places Politecnico di Milano at the absolute first place in Italy, rising 16 positions over last year to 132nd in the world. Just behind Sapienza, which...

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Madonnines: As soon as you arrive in Piazza Duomo, in Milan, the first thing you notice, being not by chance the symbol of the Lombard capital, is it: the statue of the Madonnina, placed at 108.50 meters high on the highest spire of the Duomo so that it can protect the city and its inhabitants.  Milan, the city-symbol of the Italian economy at an i...

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Italy is preparing to host its third Olympic Winter Games when the cities of Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo welcome Milano Cortina 2026 in just over three years' time – 70 years after Cortina hosted the 1956 Games and 20 years after Torino 2006. In February 2026, around 2,900 of the world's best winter sport athletes will gather to compete for 114 set...

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Among the most famous places in Milan, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is among the most iconic. This in fact can be considered as the first shopping center in the world and since its birth is an important meeting place for Milanese citizens. We discover the history of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan and we also know the main curiositi...

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Italian composer Francesco Filidei has been commissioned by Milan’s Teatro alla Scala and the Paris Opera to write a new opera based on Umberto Eco’s most famous novel “The Name of the Rose,″ the opera houses announced Friday. The world premiere has already been scheduled, at La Scala on April 27, 2025, conducted by Ingo Metzmacher and starring mez...

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Scientists have discovered the chemical culprits behind stains that appeared in 2006 on some pages of the Codex Atlanticus, one of the most extensive and fascinating collections of drawings and writings by Leonardo da Vinci: mercury salts added in a previous restoration to ward off microbiological attacks, and sulfur, linked to Milan's atmospheric...

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