Arriva il piano per l’alta velocità Ue entro il 2040 – Notizie – Ansa.it

 La Commissione europea ha adottato oggi il nuovo piano d’azione per l’alta velocità ferroviaria, che definisce le misure necessarie per creare entro il 2040 una rete europea più veloce, più interoperabile e meglio collegata. L’obiettivo è ridurre i tempi di percorrenza e rendere il trasporto ferroviario un’alternativa più attraente al…

Most Americans don’t know alcohol can cause cancer

Most Americans don’t realize the cancer risks of alcohol. More than half of U.S. adults either underestimate or misunderstand how drinking increases cancer risk. Regular drinkers are the least aware. People who consume alcohol are especially likely to believe that drinking has no impact on cancer risk. Better awareness could…

A breakthrough map reveals how the brain really works

New research offers the strongest evidence yet that the intricate web of connections linking different regions of the human brain can reveal what each area does. Earlier studies had identified links between brain connectivity and certain mental functions, such as perception or social behavior. However, this new work expands that…

Artificial neurons that behave like real brain cells

Scientists at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and the School of Advanced Computing have created artificial neurons that reproduce the intricate electrochemical behavior of real brain cells. The discovery, published in Nature Electronics, marks a major milestone in neuromorphic computing, a field that designs hardware modeled after the human…

Morto Andrea de Adamich, ex pilota e telecronista di F1 – F1 – Ansa.it

E’ morto Andrea de Adamich, pilota di Formula 1 e pioniere dei campioni “arruolati” dalla tv. Nato a Trieste 84 anni fa, fin da ragazzo si era distinto alla guida delle automobili al punto da disputare i Gran Premi negli abitacoli delle monoposto più prestigiose al mondo – dalla Ferrari…

Lecornu sospende il portale di Shein in Francia – Notizie – Ansa.it

Il premier francese, Sébastien Lecornu, ha annunciato l’avvio di una procedura di “sospensione” in Francia della piattaforma Shein, al centro di numerose polemiche Oltralpe. “Su istruzione del primo ministro, il governo avvia la procedura di sospensione di Shein, il tempo necessario affinché la piattaforma dimostri che l’insieme dei suoi contenuti…

Turning CO2 into clean fuel faster and cheaper

A team of scientists led by Dr. Kee Young Koo from the Hydrogen Research Department at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (President Yi Chang-Keun, hereafter referred to as KIER) has created a world-leading catalyst capable of transforming carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas, into an essential ingredient for producing…

Il ricamo filet nei dolci-gioiello di Rita Cardia – Notizie – Ansa.it

Un’esplosione di dolcezza al palato e di meraviglia davanti alla finezza dei ricami a filet di Bosa. Assaggiarli è quasi un peccato, non solo di gola, per la raffinatezza di quel decoro zuccheroso. Quelli di Rita Cardia sono gioielli perlopiù in pasta di mandorle impreziositi da motivi floreali e angelici…

A 480-million-year-old parasite still infects oysters today

A surprising new study has revealed that a parasite still troubling modern oysters first began infecting shell-dwelling sea creatures hundreds of millions of years before the dinosaurs vanished. Researchers reporting in iScience used high-resolution 3D imaging to examine 480-million-year-old fossil shells from Morocco, a site famous for its exceptionally preserved…

Francia, grida Allahu Akbar e investe diverse persone – Europa – Ansa.it

Un automobilista ha investito deliberatamente diverse persone in diverse località dell’isola di Oléron, sulla costa atlantica della Francia, ferendo almeno dieci persone, quattro delle quali in modo grave, prima di essere arrestato. Lo ha reso noto la procura.     È stata aperta un’inchiesta per “tentato omicidio”. “Un uomo di 35…

A shapeshifting protein explains rabies’ deadly power

Viruses are masters of efficiency, able to take over our cells and control vital processes using only a handful of genes. For years, scientists have wondered how something so small could do so much. Researchers have now uncovered the answer — a discovery that could reshape our understanding of how…

Breakthrough links magnetism and electricity for faster tech

Engineers at the University of Delaware have uncovered a new way to connect magnetic and electric forces in computing, a finding that could pave the way for computers that run dramatically faster while consuming far less energy. Tiny Magnetic Waves Generate Electric Signals In a study published in Proceedings of…

Dark matter may be lighting up the heart of the Milky Way

New findings suggest that dark matter could once again be the missing piece in one of astronomy’s longest-running puzzles: the strange excess of gamma rays glowing from the Milky Way’s core. By recreating the galaxy’s turbulent early life and the massive collisions that shaped it, scientists discovered that dark matter…