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Guglielmo Marconi, born on April 25, 1874, in Bologna, Italy, was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer who is widely recognized for his pioneering work in wireless telecommunication. He is considered one of the fathers of radio and made significant contributions to the development of long-distance wireless communication, revolutionizing the...

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Scientists have discovered the chemical culprits behind stains that appeared in 2006 on some pages of the Codex Atlanticus, one of the most extensive and fascinating collections of drawings and writings by Leonardo da Vinci: mercury salts added in a previous restoration to ward off microbiological attacks, and sulfur, linked to Milan's atmospheric...

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Ok, I admit it: this may be far-fetched because it wasn’t Italians who created contact lenses as we know them today. But if it wasn’t for an Italian, they may have never been invented! And guess who’s the Italian I am talking about? Leonardo!  Leonardo da Vinci is a name that everyone recognizes. A master in many fields, he was a painter, sculptor,...

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A small town in Tuscany is revelling in excitement after it was claimed that the bridge painted in the backdrop of the most famous portrait in the world – Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa – belongs to the town. The Italian historian Silvano Vinceti said he had no doubt that the Romito di Laterina bridge in the province of Arezzo was what Leonardo had...

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In an article published in the journal Leonardo, the researchers draw upon a fresh look at one of da Vinci's notebooks to show that the famed polymath had devised experiments to demonstrate that gravity is a form of acceleration—and that he further modeled the gravitational constant to around 97 percent accuracy. Da Vinci, who lived from 1452 to 15...

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We see it time and time again in Italy: A run-of-the-mill restoration gets underway, only to be interrupted by the discovery of new artworks and artifacts. This was the case last week when a group of restorers in Florence, working on an unused staircase inside the Palazzo Vecchio, announced they had peeled back layers of plaster — only to find a se...

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Fabio De Furia, President of the Miami Scientific Italian Community says: “We look to the past but above all to the future, to the next ten years and the challenges that lie ahead. Growth can’t be stopped, a nice way to celebrate the first ten years since its founding”.  On Italian Research and Innovation abroad he also says: “There is no space for...

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The wine world is primarily linked to territories rich in history and tradition, but it has never been shy to market dynamics. And, as a matter of fact, trends in the glass are always reflected in the vineyard, even though we are well aware that it is almost impossible to predict how long certain consumption trends will last. Over the last few deca...

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Italian scientists have built a robot with the shape of a seed and with the ability to explore the soil based on humidity changes. Based on a type of geranium, it is made of biodegradable materials and is able to move within the surrounding environment without requiring batteries or other external sources of energy. The I-Seed is the first 3D-print...

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A hoard of 175 silver coins unearthed in a forest in Italy may have been buried for safe keeping during a Roman civil war.  The coins seem to date from 82 B.C., the year the Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla fought a bloody war across Italy against his enemies among the leaders of the Roman Republic, which resulted in Sulla's victory and his asc...

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