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Call for IFIA Exco Candidacy 2020-2022
IFIA members can send their applications for the IFIA Executive Committee candidates covering the period 2020-2022 to the IFIA Secretariat
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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.
Giovanni Sapere
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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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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.
Giovanni Sapere
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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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Trump founds the USA Space Force: technology and research for “space wars”
US President Donald Trump has allocated $738 billion for the recruitment and training of Space Force to “maintain American dominance in space”.
Giovanni Sapere
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Meituan Dianping: the “universal” app that conquered China
Meituan Dianping is a “universal” app that’s becoming popular in China: it allows you to order food, buy products, book movie tickets and rent transportation.
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Instagram updates: more photos in the same Story with Layout
New on Instagram: the freshly-releasede Layout mode allows all the users to insert up to 6 photos within one single Story
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Utah: robot neurosurgeon arrives in the operating room
A team of researchers at the University of Utah developed a fully autonomous neurosurgeon robot 50 times faster than their flesh-and-bone “colleagues”.
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Wear your Veromarmo jacket. The patent signed by two young Italian creatives
Alice Zantedeschi and Francesca Pievani are two young people from Verona and Bergamo who have risen to the honor of the press among the winning startups. In 2014 they founded Fili Pari, a brand in the fashion sector. So far nothing extraordinary, except that their creations are derived from…
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Super-efficient and precise technology developed for industrial surfaces
At the last Geneva Invention Show, the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering of the PolyU won the silver medal. In detail, the invention in question consists of an adaptive multiple jet polishing system with free curvature for precision manufacturing.
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Realized a robotic arm for post-stroke muscle re-education
The Hong Kong Polytechnic is a research centre of excellence in the field of robotics. On October 31, Dr. Hu Xiao-ling and the research team presented an innovative robotic arm. The robotic arm facilitates mobile rehabilitation of the upper limbs for stroke patients. The construct is definitely…
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HIRO VS4: the industrial robot that “sees” as a man
Hiro VS4 is the “father” of a new generation of industrial robots capable of seeing and interacting with objects just like human beings.
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A multifunctional desk for dormitories and small rooms
The LS Desk is a multifunctional desk that can act as a bookcase and worktop at the same time. Designed by some students of Princess Chulabhorn Science High School, the object is suitable for those who live in confined spaces.
Giovanni Sapere
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Russia is conquering the space
Founded in the 1950s, the ISS-Reshetenev’s Company is one of the leading companies in the artificial satellite business. The Company has made innovation its mantra: scientific research and experimentation are the order of the day. Public and private research institutes, universities and young…
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Nobel Prize in Physics 2019: cosmology and exoplanets
Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, awarded the 2019 “Nobel Prize for Physics” to James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, for “contributing to our understanding of the evolution of the Universe and of the place that the Earth occupies in the cosmos”. PHYSICAL…
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P.M.T. Security is the new protection for your home
P.M.T. Security PM Security is a new anti-intrusion security system for the security of your homes. It is a system made entirely of AISI 316 steel, with burglar-proof closure, easy to use with remote control or hand control. The patented system guarantees a high rate of security.
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Rats playing hide and seek? Thanks to research is now possible.
Thanks to a study conducted by German scientists on a group of laboratory rats, it was discovered that they can learn to “play hide and seek”.
Marcello Mazzotta