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Soon, the world's largest telescope will be built in Chile and named "E-ELT", European – Extremely Large Telescope. It will have a mirror of 39 meters in diameter; the diameter of its rotating dome will be 85 meters and it will rise almost 80 meters above the ground. Its total weight that will be 5,000 tons. Such a massive project would not have be...

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Over the past few years opportunities for venture capitalists in Italy have expanded to look like a delicious pizza with all the best investor-focused toppings.   For instance, there's a rising tide of tech-orientated entrepreneurs, favorable legal reforms, tax incentives, a swelling pool of highly skilled technical talent and the emergence...

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ISSNAF – Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation yearly presents awards to acknowledge the research of young Italian investigators working in North America, whose commitment to their discipline of study is innovative, potentially impactful and honors their country of origin.   ISSNAF Board of Trustees encourages all Itali...

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The Italian Green Economy is growing. In Italy almost one out of two businesses (42% of the total) adopts eco-friendly operations and models and the "greenest" areas of the Italian economy are industry and agriculture, where the highest portion of businesses that have turned their environmental policies into an element of differentiation and a comp...

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The destruction of the ancient city of Palmyra in October 2015 during the advance of the terrorist militia of Isis has shocked the entire world. Now the ancient Syrian city has been recaptured by the Syrian army and a recovery project has started involving two Italian companies.   Two Italian companies from Tuscany are developing a reconstru...

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A rare inscription found on a stone unearthed near Florence is exciting archaeologists who say it may help reveal the secrets of the Etruscans, one of Italy's earliest and most enigmatic civilizations.   The Etruscans flourished in central Italy 2,500 years ago but their culture and language were assimilated into the Roman empire. They left...

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Sara' inaugurato ad Isnello, nel palermitano, in primavera il Parco astronomico delle Madonie (Pam), che vanta il primato di essere la piu' innovativa stazione astronomica d'Europa. A presentarlo a Palermo e' stato il premio Nobel per la Fisica George Fitzgerald Smoot, l'astrofisico e cosmologo statunitense che e' stato il primo a fornire una prova...

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L'inquinamento è un argomento che da tanti anni ormai genera discussioni in merito alla necessità di ridurre l'impatto dell'attività dell'uomo sull'ambiente, e in tal senso sono molti i progetti e le iniziative organizzate da persone e aziende in ogni parte del mondo che, tuttavia, non sempre risultano sufficienti ad arginare il problema.  ...

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Nonostante il traffico e le dimensioni delle grandi navi da crociera siano in aumento, sorprendentemente nella laguna di Venezia si registra una riduzione dell'inquinamento, grazie all'uso di carburante green.   A dimostrarlo uno studio dell'Istituto di scienze dell'atmosfera e del clima del Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche (Isac-Cnr) di L...

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by Eric Pfeiffer   Italy once had the most powerful military in history, with the Roman Empire wielding its sphere of influence across most of the known world. Today? The Italian Army is growing weed to help keep costs down fro medical marijuana patients.   The country's military officially debuted its first "cannabis farm" this wee...

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