++ Istat, l’inflazione a maggio cala all’1,6% ++ – Notizie – Ansa.it

Nel mese di maggio 2025, l’indice nazionale dei prezzi al consumo per l’intera collettività (NIC), al lordo dei tabacchi, registra una diminuzione dello 0,1% su base mensile e un aumento dell’1,6% su base annua (dal +1,9% del mese precedente); la stima preliminare era +1,7%. Lo rileva l’Istat.     Riproduzione riservata…

Robots that feel heat, pain, and pressure? This new “skin” makes it possible

Scientists have developed a low-cost, durable, highly-sensitive robotic ‘skin’ that can be added to robotic hands like a glove, enabling robots to detect information about their surroundings in a way that’s similar to humans. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge and University College London (UCL), developed the flexible, conductive…

Cluck once, and the river shakes: Inside the Amazon’s giant snake saga

As a child, I was fascinated by reports and documentaries about field research and often wondered what it took to be there and what kind of knowledge was being produced. Later, as an ecologist, I felt the need for approaches that better connected scientific research with real-world contexts. I became…

Tiny orange beads found by Apollo astronauts reveal moon’s explosive past

The Apollo astronauts didn’t know what they’d find when they explored the surface of the moon, but they certainly didn’t expect to see drifts of tiny, bright orange glass beads glistening among the otherwise monochrome piles of rocks and dust. The beads, each less than 1 mm across, formed some…

The invisible killer: PM 1 pollution uncovered across America

Air pollution causes health problems and is attributable to some 50,000 annual deaths in the United States, but not all air pollutants pack the same punch. Scientists have tracked the scope of “PM 2.5” pollution over decades. PM 2.5 is a size of “particulate matter” that is less than 2.5…

600-million-year-old body blueprint found in sea anemones

A new study from the University of Vienna reveals that sea anemones use a molecular mechanism known from bilaterian animals to form their back-to-belly body axis. This mechanism (“BMP shuttling”) enables cells to organize themselves during development by interpreting signaling gradients. The findings, published in Science Advances, suggest that this…

Only 13 % know: The one-minute self-exam that could save young men’s lives

A recent survey commissioned by The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center — Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC — James) focused on Americans’ perceptions of testicular cancer. The results suggest more can be done to educate the public about the disease, which affects…

Magnetic mayhem at the sun’s poles: First images reveal a fiery mystery

Thanks to its newly tilted orbit around the Sun, the European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft is the first to image the Sun’s poles from outside the ecliptic plane. Solar Orbiter’s unique viewing angle will change our understanding of the Sun’s magnetic field, the solar cycle and the workings of…

Your brain has a hidden beat — and smarter minds sync to it

When the brain is under pressure, certain neural signals begin to move in sync – much like a well-rehearsed orchestra. A new study from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) is the first to show how flexibly this neural synchrony adjusts to different situations and that this dynamic coordination is closely…

Scientists discover llama antibodies that shut down COVID — and its future variants

Scientists have discovered a unique class of small antibodies that are strongly protective against a wide range of SARS coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-1 and numerous early and recent SARS-CoV-2 variants. The unique antibodies target an essential highly conserved site at the base of the virus’s spike protein, effectively clamping it shut…

Single psilocybin trip delivers two years of depression relief for cancer patients

New results from a clinical trial reveal that a single dose of psilocybin — a naturally occurring psychedelic compound found in mushrooms — can provide sustained reductions in depression and anxiety in individuals with cancer suffering from major depressive disorder. The findings are published by Wiley online in CANCER, a…

Casa Bianca, Trump incontrerà Zelensky al G7 – Notizie – Ansa.it

Il presidente degli Stati Uniti Donald Trump a margine del G7 avrà un incontro con quello dell’Ucraina Volodimir Zelensky, in arrivo domani a Kananaskis. Lo rende noto la Casa Bianca. È previsto un bilaterale anche con la presidente del Messico Claudia Sheinbaum. Il presidente degli Stati Uniti Donald Trump è…

Macron vola in Groenlandia e sfida Donald Trump – Notizie – Ansa.it

“La Groenlandia non è in vendita”. A una manciata di ore dal G7, a metà strada tra Europa e Americhe, il presidente francese Emmanuel Macron ha organizzato una tappa intermedia nel territorio artico che ha tutta l’aria di essere un blitz anti-Trump. La visita dell’inquilino dell’Eliseo non era programmata e…