The 2014 Brain prize for neuroscience went to an Italian for the first time on Thursday, Giacomo Rizzolatti, a neurophysiologist at the University of Parma, former professor at the University of Pisa (Tuscany).
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Kodama, an anti-cancer algorithm developed in Florence
The scientific name is Kodama (Knowledge discovery by accuracy maximization), the ultimate research on this anti-cancer algorithm was published yesterday on the PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, one of the world’s most-cited multidisciplinary scientific serials.
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Obama to arrive in Italy, a 28 billion Euros Great Beauty for U.S.
On Thursady President Obama will arrive in Rome. Unioncamere Toscana calculates the value generated by the Americans in our Country. President Galgani: ready to improve our economic relationship
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Renzi proposes Florence to host the G8 Summit in 2017
Premier Matteo Renzi said he has proposed his hometown of Florence play host to the summit of leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized countries in 2017.
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Five men detained for the fire at the Prato’s Chinese factory
Five people were detained as part of an inquiry into a fire last December that killed seven people in a Chinese factory in Prato, few miles from Florence, Tuscany.
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Michelangelo’s David with Rifle taken out of Circulation
Michelangelo’s David with Rifle advertisement was taken out of Circulation last march. The company said in a statement to ABC News that the ad had been taken out of circulation when a new owner bought ArmaLite.
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The new Logo of the City unveiled in Florence
Fabio Chiantini, Florentine graphic, is the winner of the International contest launched in July to create a new brand of Florence.
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Florence blasts Michelangelo’s David holding rifle
The city of Florence, Italy, blasts Michelangelo’s David holding rifle image. The comments come after the the image by Illinois-based ArmaLite, which uses Michelangelo’s statue to promote the rifle with the tagline “A work of art”.
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Schettino returns to Costa Concordia wreck
Former captain Francesco Schettino has returned to the Costa Concordia wreck for the first time as part of his manslaughter trial. The Italian ship crashed into rocks and capsized off the Tuscan island of Giglio in January 2012. In the disaster died 32 people.
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Renzi Government Wins Parliament’s Confidence
Premier Matteo Renzi’s new government gained the backing of parliament on Tuesday when it won a confidence vote in the Lower House, with 378 votes in favor, 200 against, and one abstention.
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