La Grecia vota le 13 ore al lavoro, ‘è schiavitù’ – Europa – Ansa.it

Una riforma che promuove il “lavoro giusto e flessibile per tutti”, a detta del governo conservatore di Nea Dimokratia, mentre per i sindacati greci legittima “la schiavitù retribuita”. Il parlamento ellenico si appresta a votare un controverso disegno di legge che permette, a determinate condizioni, una giornata lavorativa di 13…

This type of meat supercharges muscle growth after workouts

A new study examined how muscles respond to weight training when people eat different types of pork afterward. Researchers compared high-fat and lean ground pork burgers that contained the same amount of protein to see how each affected short-term muscle growth. The results surprised the team and added to growing…

This European treatment for joint pain just passed a major scientific test

A new randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial suggests that a single round of low-dose radiation therapy could offer a safe and effective alternative for people suffering from painful knee osteoarthritis. Participants with mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis experienced notable pain reduction and improved mobility within four months of receiving the treatment.…

A little stress could be the secret to healthy aging

Researchers at the University of Basel in Switzerland have found that certain nutrients can cause a mild stress reaction in nematodes. Surprisingly, this reaction doesn’t harm the worms — it actually helps them remain healthier as they grow older. Human lifespans are longer than ever, but longevity alone doesn’t guarantee…

Il Papa ha ricevuto in dono un cavallo bianco – Notizie – Ansa.it

Papa Leone, a margine dell’udienza generale, ha ricevuto in dono un cavallo bianco. Prevost sa andare a cavallo, ci sono infatti anche nella residenza papale di Castel Gandolfo. Quando era missionario in Perù lo utilizzava anche come mezzo per spostarsi da un villaggio all’altro. Il cavallo si chiama Proton, è…

Physicists discover mysterious new type of time crystal

Nature follows countless rhythms: the changing of the seasons comes from Earth’s orbit around the Sun, and the steady tick of a clock arises from the back-and-forth swing of its pendulum. These patterns can be described with simple mathematical laws. Yet, order can also appear in a far more surprising…

It actually rains on the Sun. Here’s the stunning reason

It rains on the Sun, and scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have finally uncovered the reason why. Unlike the water that falls from clouds on Earth, solar rain takes place in the Sun’s corona, the outermost layer made of intensely hot plasma. This phenomenon involves…

These giant planets shouldn’t exist. But they do

What do you do when you encounter a strange astronomical event, a collection of data from planets thousands of light-years away, and models that can’t quite explain what you’re seeing? For one astronomer at Northern Arizona University’s Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, the answer is simple: start building better…

Astronomers detect a cosmic “heartbeat” in pulsar signals

Pulsars may be revealing that extremely low-frequency gravitational waves are moving through the universe. Observations reported in 2023 by international pulsar timing array collaborations could be caused by either a background of overlapping gravitational waves from countless distant sources or a single pair of nearby supermassive black holes orbiting each…

Scientists grow mini human livers that predict toxic drug reactions

Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, working in partnership with Roche, have created a next-generation human liver organoid microarray platform designed to predict which medications might trigger harmful immune responses in certain individuals. The findings, published online on Sept. 26, 2025, in Advanced Science, describe a fully human, miniaturized…

Todde resta presidente, ‘Collegio non ha titolo sulla decadenza’ – Notizie – Ansa.it

Ha esorbitato dai propri poteri, cagionando una menomazione delle attribuzioni costituzionalmente garantite alla Regione Sardegna, il Collegio regionale di garanzia elettorale pronunciandosi sulla decadenza della presidente della Regione Sardegna in ipotesi non previste dalla legge come cause di ineleggibilità. Lo scrive la Consulta nella sentenza n. 148. La Corte mette…

‘Israele riaprirà oggi il valico di Rafah agli aiuti, uno dei quattro corpi restituiti non è tra gli ostaggi’ – Notizie – Ansa.it

Israele autorizzerà la riapertura del valico di Rafah tra Egitto e Gaza oggi per consentire il transito degli aiuti umanitari, riporta l’emittente pubblica israeliana Kan. Con questa riapertura, “600 camion di aiuti umanitari saranno consegnati (oggi) alla Striscia di Gaza dalle Nazioni Unite, dalle organizzazioni internazionali autorizzate, dal settore privato…

A 151-million-year-old fly just changed what we know about evolution

An international group of researchers led by the Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC) has identified a previously unknown species of fossilized insect from the Jurassic period in Australia, estimated to be about 151 million years old. This discovery marks the oldest known member of the Chironomidae family found in the Southern…