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Events
MTE 2022: SDG International Innovation Awards & Expo
Localizing the SDGs is an essential component of a successful pandemic recovery and return on a path capable of achieving the SDGs. While the SDGs are global in scope, our ability to make them a reality in our cities and communities will determine their success. Approximately two-thirds of the 169…
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Mechanical Engineering
The first recyclable wind blade
ZEBRA tries to revolutionize the world of energy by creating the first recyclable wind turbine blade.
Giovanni Sapere
Health
Let’s free the vaccine from patents: appeal for the universal right to health
On the occasion of Liberation Day, intellectuals and scientists launch an appeal to free the Covid-19 vaccine from patents: “against inequality and for the universal right to health”.
Giovanni Sapere
News
Most read news of the week: 3 April
Our editorial staff’s pick of the most-read news stories of the last week: strange lights in the US, Facebook’s teleportation and the date when we’ll be back to normal after Covid-19 What are the most read news stories of the last week? What were the trending topics in the world of innovation? What…
Giovanni Sapere
Medicine
Covid: when will we get back to normal? ISS sets the date
The ISS study “Return to normal: COVID-19 vaccination under mitigation measures” has indicated the date by which we will reach a “zero-Covid” level in Italy
Giovanni Sapere
Eureka!
“Urban Sun”: the artwork that eliminates Covid-19
The Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has installed in Rotterdam his work “Urban sun”: it is a particular light that eliminates up to 99.9% of viruses in the air
Giovanni Sapere
News
Most read news of the week: March 27
The most read news of the last week selected by our editorial staff: anti-virus device Made in Italy, warp engine and Facebook Augmented Reality
Giovanni Sapere
Medicine
Award-winning robot to fight against Covid-19
At the recently ended innovation fair in UK, IBIX 2020, the best innovation award was given to a medical service robot from Thailand.
Giovanni Sapere
Medicine
Covid-19: video shows how the virus spreads in school classrooms
Researchers from the University of Cassino and Basso Lazio have made a video to explain how Covid-19 diffusion takes place in a classroom.
Giovanni Sapere
Medicine
Thailand: developed a new Rapid DNA Strip Test Kit for COVID-19
Prof. Dr. Kosum Chansiri, and her team from Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand, has developed a rapid DNA Strip Test kit for COVID-19
Giovanni Sapere
Inventions
Physx: the ‘walking’ social distancing system against Coronavirus
Architect Cosimo Scotucci has designed Physx, a dynamic system that ‘walks’ with people, reminding them to respect social distance.
Giovanni Sapere
Medicine
Two drugs already on the market are effective against Covid-19: confirmation
Imperial College London has confirmed the efficacy against Covid-19 of two drugs already on the market for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
Giovanni Sapere
News
Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) 2021 goes virtual
For the first time, the annual Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) will be held virtually on the 22 – 26 March 2021: The Patent Magazine is media partner
Giovanni Sapere
News
Virtual Reality: a tour in Milan and in the Brera Art Gallery
Thanks to Virtual Reality, it is possible to explore Milan and “get lost” in the Pinacoteca di Brera: the masterpieces are online in very high definition
Giovanni Sapere
Entertainment
Turin in Virtual Reality: from the Egyptian Museum to the Gallery of the Risorgimento
Turin is a city that offers many opportunities for Virtual Reality enthusiasts who can visit the Egyptian Museum and the Risorgimento Museum from home
Giovanni Sapere
Entertainment
Immersive “virtual tour” in the Uffizi Galleries of Florence
The Uffizi Gallery in Florence has launched a multimedia project to allow visitors to “dive” into a virtual tour of the Museum without leaving home
Giovanni Sapere
Medicine
Coronavirus: will we ever get back to normal life? The opinion of the virologist Viola
Virologist Antonella Viola answered the question of a Facebook user who asked her if and when we can return to normal after the CoronavirusVirologist Antonella Viola answered the question of a Facebook user who asked her if and when we can return to normal after the Coronavirus
Giovanni Sapere