Dall'Italia il primo passo verso i circuiti elettronici 2.0
Il primo passo verso i circuiti elettronici di nuova generazione, con ridottissimo consumo energetico e riscaldamento, parte dall'Italia: ricercatori dell'Istituto Nanoscienze del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Nano-Cnr), guidati da Francesco Giazotto, hanno realizzato il primo transistor, un dispositivo elettronico, interamente basato su mate...
'Christmas I Remember Best': The Italian cemetery Christmas connection
Years ago our family spent an idyllic summer in beautiful Florence, Italy, the heart of Renaissance art and architecture and literature — our vacation of a lifetime. One day we decided to drive to nearby Siena to see the Piazza del Campo and its Cathedral. As we drove through the outskirts of Florence, off in the distance lay a beautiful green trac...
A Milano il panettone più grande del mondo: con 332 chili è nel Guinness dei primati
E' alto un metro e mezzo, ha un diametro di 115 centimetri e pesa 332,2 chili. E' il panettone più grande del mondo - come certificato dal Guinness World Records - realizzato a Milano dal maitre chocolatier ed ex-allievo del Capac (la scuola di formazione di Confcommercio Milano) Davide Comaschi, oggi direttore del Chocolate Academy Center Milano....
Automobili Pininfarina: 'Battista' Announced as Name of the Most Powerful Italian Performance Car Ever
Automobili Pininfarina today announces that the name of the first car in its luxury electric vehicle portfolio will be the Battista. Named after Battista 'Pinin' Farina, the founder of the Carrozzeria Pininfarina coachbuilding company that he started in 1930, the all-electric hypercar will be designed and hand-built in very limited numbers at Pinin...
Michelangelo’s Funerary Monument in Florence’s Santa Croce Restored to Its Former Glory
Important restoration work on Michelangelo’s funerary monument in the Church of Santa Croce in Florence has been completed and visitors can now admire the Monument to Michelangelo in all its glory. The restoration project, known as ‘In the Name of Michelangelo,’ was carried out by the Opera di Santa Croce, the non-profit organization that has been...
Exploring Lazio: Four Day trips from Rome You Can’t Miss
There’s no denying that you can’t miss Rome, Italy's shining capital and home to centuries of awe-inspiring history that make any return visit just as special as the first. In fact, every time I visit, I make it a point to discover some of the neighborhoods and monuments that often don’t show up on most visitor’s radar. My two-cents is that you sho...
Italy and its best-loved Christmas songs
My Christmas is going to be very special. I just moved into a new apartment, in an old building that sits just beside one of the town churches. On the stairs that lead to my place, there is a little, wooden door you wouldn’t even notice unless you knew it’s there, as it has been painted the same color as the walls. Well, if you open that little doo...
Fiat 500 earns place in New York's Museum of Modern Art
New York’s Museum of Modern Art, amongst the most influential barometers of modern art on the planet, has chosen a classic Fiat 500 F to lead its upcoming exhibit, The Value of Good Design, starting February 10, 2019. Acquired last year as part of its vast archive of industrial design, MoMA’s 500 F will now take pride of place in the museum’s lates...
Denying school lunch subsidies to immigrant children is discrimination, Italian court rules
The court of Milan on Thursday ruled that requiring parents from outside the EU to provide proof of their assets both in Italy and their birth countries in order to get help paying for the school canteen and other services constituted "direct discrimination". Instead, the judge said, non-European families should be able to access subsidies on the s...
Cinque Terre: The heavenly villages of Italy
I suppose I should begin with a disclaimer: I have never been a ‘sea person’. My husband on the other hand, being a ‘child of the coast’, mocked me for my aversion towards oceans and beaches. Sometimes, however, destiny has a different plan for us than the one we expect. So one fine morning, we decided to drive, and drive we did! Starting all the w...
Riccardo Giacconi, 87, Explorer of the Universe Through X-Rays, Dies
Riccardo Giacconi, an astrophysicist who won the Nobel Prize for pioneering the study of the universe through the X-rays emitted by the most violent actors in the cosmos, including black holes, exploding stars and galumphing clouds of galaxies, died on Sunday in the La Jolla section of San Diego. He was 87. The National Academy of Sciences, of whic...
SACE SIMEST e piccola industria: accordo per supportare le pmi italiane sui mercati esteri
Migliorare sempre di più la proiezione internazionale delle 160mila imprese associate con un focus particolare sulle PMI. Questo l’obiettivo dell’accordo siglato da SACE SIMEST, Polo dell’export e dell’internazionalizzazione del Gruppo Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, e Piccola Industria Confindustria. L’accordo è stato siglato da Beniamino Quintieri, Al...