Medicine
Coronavirus: DiaSorin patents test for diagnosis in 60 minutes
The multinational pharmaceutical company DiaSorin is ready to launch a new test that will prove positive for Coronavirus in just 60 minutes.
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Medicine
Coronavirus: a drug for rheumatoid arthritis could stop the virus
At Cotugno Hospital in Naples, a team of doctors administered a drug for rheumatoid arthritis to a group of patients suffering from Coronavirus: the treatment proved effective in two cases.
Giovanni Sapere
Medicine
Coronavirus: “We are close to creating a vaccine”
Researchers at the Galilee Research Institute announced that they are close to creating a vaccine for the Coronavirus: “Developed from poultry diseases.
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News
IFIA: “The health of inventors is our top priority”
IFIA informs inventors that due to the spread of Coronavirus, we do not recommend participating in any inventions events.
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IT
Coronavirus: schools closed? Lessons in Augmented Reality are starting
In Italy schools are closed to prevent the spread of Coronavirus: some Institutes have started e-learning programs with real “lessons” in Augmented Reality.
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Health
Coronavirus: it’s online the videogame to find the cure
The University of Washington at Seattle has created a video game in which users must create an antiviral protein to help scientists fight the Coronavirus.
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Health
Coronavirus: from Tuscany come the new anti-contage masks
The President of the Region of Tuscany Enrico Rossi announced the invention of new special masks to limit the spread of Coronavirus
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News
IFIA grants the legal title to the inventors
IFIA launches the project of the Inv. Membership for the inventors. The 33rd IFIA Virtual meeting accepted that IFIA launches the project.
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Gadget
Smartphone unloaded? Walk into the room for wireless recharge!
A team of researchers has developed a technologist for wireless charge of smartphones, tablets and laptops in a room with aluminum panels.
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Events
MTE 2020: Malaysia “awards” inventors
Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) is one of the most important Asian events dedicated to inventions and inventors: the 2020 edition will take place from 20 to 22 February in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lampur.
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Events
IIFME 2020: the Middle East Inventions Fair in Kuwait
From 10 to 13 February, Kuwait will host IIFME 2020: 1500 inventors from 39 countries are expected for the International Fair of Middle East Inventions.
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News
Solar Orbiter: ESA’s mission to reach the Sun is launched
The probe of the European Space Agency Solar Orbiter departed from Cape Canaveral at 5.03 am: it will study the surface of the Sun from a distance never reached before.
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Chemistry
Goodbye Stanley Cohen: The Nobel Prize in Medicine died at the age of 97
Biochemist Stanley Cohen died in a nursing home in Nashville, Tennessee: in 1986 he won the Nobel Prize for Medicine together with Rita Levi Montalcini.
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News
3D “printed” ankle: record-breaking intervention in Bologna
A team of the Rizzoli Hospital in Bologna managed for the first time to implant a 3D “printed” ankle prosthesis.
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News
Mission accomplished for Luca Parmitano: he has returned to Earth
Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano returned to Earth after 201 days spent on the ISS, the International Space Station that orbits at an altitude of 498 kilometers.
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Gadget
Y-Brush: the smart toothbrush to brush your teeth in 5 seconds
The French company FasTeesH presented a revolutionary toothbrush at CES 2020: Y-Brush is able to thoroughly clean all teeth in less than 5 seconds.
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Gadget
It’s coming MarsCat: the robot cat that purrs and purrs.
On Kickstarter is active a crowdfunding campaign to finance the production of MarsCat, an intelligent and “affectionate” robot cat designed by Elephant Robotics.
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News
Spallanzani, isolated Coronavirus: “First step towards vaccine”
A research team from the Istituto Nazionale Malattie Infettive dello Spallanzani in Rome has managed to isolate the 2019-ncoV coronavirus: it is the first step towards the creation of a vaccine. An important step to know and treat the Coronavirus. A team from the Virology Laboratory of the National…
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