Paolo Rossi Castelli
How to extract water from desert air
Is it possible to collect water directly from air in the planet most arid places, to at least partially compensate for water scarcity
Out of Cambridge, the super-map of proteins in human blood
Thanks to innovative technology, researchers from the University of Cambridge (Great Britain), together with colleagues from other international institutions, ...
Even the “devices” implanted in our bodies are wireless
The number of medical devices that can be implanted into the human body is constantly increasing
Hospital infections, the "tricks" of the superbugs
Hospital infections caused by bacteria resistant to antibiotics are a reason for great worry for international health authorities, and cause several thousand ...
Diamonds can be bent too
Very small synthetic diamonds are also bendable and this flexibility opens the doors to countless new applications in the field of optics, physics and ...
Origami-style models for the cultivation of bone cells | IBSA Foundation
Inspired by the ancient Japanese art of origami of folding paper into miniature shapes and figures, bioengineers in Lowell, University del Massachusetts (USA), ...
Does dopamine (produced by the brain) cure diabetes?
The patient zero was a 53-year old Dutch man, victim of a serious obsessive-compulsive disorder, who had accepted to be treated with an extreme, invasive ...
A new gel repairs stroke damage (in animals)
For the first time a gel, injected directly into the brain, has shown that it is capable of regenerating cells in the nervous system damaged as the result of a ...
"Left" and "right" molecules: this is how they can be divided
Chemical molecules have an orientation in space: they can be directed to the left or the right, taking on two opposite forms from one another.
Sound waves to measure toxic substances in water
Researchers from the Ciencias Fisicas Institute of the Universidad Autonoma de Maexico (UNAM), in Cuernavaca, have discovered that the use of sound waves to ...
Avalanches, electronic mini-sensor for finding people
A very small electronic sensor developed by engineers in the ETH in Zurich can effectively help rescuers searching for people trapped under avalanches or under ...
A resonance glove to "see" hand problems | IBSA Foundation
A special glove that, literally, sees the tendons, muscles and ligaments of the hand moving and interacting with bones: the prototype, developed by researchers ...
One on Everest, one at home: the DNA of two twins changes
What happens to the body when it is subjected to extreme conditions like those of the high mountains? How does the expression of the genetic code change, if it ...
Hyper-fast little animals? A model for robots
Robots, including even the most sophisticated ones, have never managed to be ultra-rapid, and have never even come close to reaching the “snap action” of the ...
The project to create anti-virus supercells gets underway
Why create these super-cells? The cells that are normally used for medical research are often contaminated by various types of agents, which also generates ...
Even a crocodile's brain reacts to music
Crocodiles (from the Nile, in this case) react to music like mammals and birds in a very similar way by stimulating the same areas of the brain.
Mini 3D printer creates electronic circuits directly on the skin
The evolution of the 3D printer is an object that, according to its inventor, Michael McAlpine of the University ofl Minnesota (USA), can fit in your pocket ...
DNA? In some points it has a newly discovered knot shape
As explained in biology books, the genetic code known as DNA present in every cell forms an elegant double spiral, or double helix shape. But beyond this ...