Gazing upon the splendours of ancient Rome is no longer a luxury reserved for visitors to the Italian capital, as temples opened their doors internationally with a digital project launched on Wednesday after decades of planning. The Rome Reborn tour is the first to show users over 7,000 buildings and monuments from the year AD 320, allowing both th...

Italy came out well in the OECD's latest 'Health at a Glance Europe' report. According to the data in the report, regarding figures for 2015, Italy is top in the EU in terms of preventable deaths, with 151 for every 100,000 inhabitants, compared to an EU average of 216. The report said around 1.2 million deaths in the EU could be prevented each yea...

In the context of Innovation Days 2018, the Italian Trade Agency of Houston heads to the SpaceCom Conference and Exposition for two-days of workshops, demonstrations and panels aimed to stimulate investment and growth in aerospace research on November 27th and 28th at the George Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. Innovation Days, an initiat...

Sono solo alcune delle patologie che il consumo quotidiano di olio extravergine d'oliva può combattere. In Italia conosciamo da tempo i benefici prodotti dall'acido oleico. Ma da qualche tempo la notizia è arrivata anche negli Stati Uniti, dove l'olio extravergine si prepara a essere riconosciuto come farmaco. Possibile? Proprio così. La Coldiretti...

Nelle leggi dei numeri che governano l’armonia dell’universo vede una sfida continua di un gioco in cui, ogni volta che risolve un rebus, è come se superasse sé stesso: il 29enne matematico palermitano Alessio Sammartano, che ha scelto le falde dell’Etna per la sua istruzione universitaria, oggi fa ricerca da post doc e insegna come visiting assist...

The Future of Fashion Conference took place earlier this month in Los Angeles, showcasing new, innovative, sustainable, ethical, and animal-free textiles that may shape the future of fashion in the years to come. The conference is part of a new initiative launched by LA Textile, a major trade show that takes place on the west coast each year. The e...

The Arcolian Dental Arts Society will honor Dr. Geri Ann DiFranco as Arcolian of the Year at the society’s annual Christmas Party on Dec. 11 at the Park Ridge Country Club. (847-304-4442). “Geri is a woman of outstanding ethical and moral character who exemplifies the society’s ideals of professionalism, education and service to the community,” say...

Don’t miss the fourth edition of the Italian Perspective series. This year, Science and Culture: An Italian Perspective will include four plenary lectures focusing on different intersections between Italian art and culture and scientific thought and discoveries, including anatomy, mathematics, geometry, and more. Aimed at a general audience and cha...

Fino a una manciata di anni fa, l’arrivo in America, per uno scienziato italiano, rappresentava, nonostante la nostra illustre storia medica e scientifica, un traguardo difficilmente raggiungibile e ricco di ostacoli. Così, con l’intenzione di agevolare questo percorso e di esporre giovani ricercatori italiani all’ambiente più influente sul panoram...

Picture an artist in your mind. Is that person male? Probably. The majority of famous artists most people can name off the top of their head are men. But that doesn’t mean that women haven’t had an important place in the history of art. And while most of them have yet to make it into the textbooks, a new illustrated database should go a long way to...