Pisa-led research shows that apps like Google Maps and TripAdvisor shape urban mobility and widen spatial inequalities.
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56 Baby Loggerhead Turtles Hatch on the Beaches of Marina di Pisa
The hatching took place near the bathing establishment Alba Big Fish, where the nest had been discovered on June 27.
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Florence University Wins NATO Underwater Robotics Contest Again
The team competed using FeelHippo AUV, a fully autonomous underwater vehicle equipped with advanced optical and acoustic sensors.
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European Infrastructure for Technology in Service of Art
E-Rihs Eric coordinates efforts across 11 countries, with its headquarters based in Florence.
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When Google’s doodles make science known thanks to Margherita Hack
On June 12, 2021 Doodle by Google celebrated the 99th birthday of Italian professor, activist, author, and astrophysicist Margherita “The Lady of the Stars” Hack
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Italian’s algorithm set to solve computer bug
Sebastiano Vigna’s solution will fix Javascript glitch: the new Italian algorithm xorshift128+ has been adopted by major browsers including Chrome, Firefox and Safari.
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SOX2 regulates melanoma initiating cells, study said
Melanoma is one of the most aggressive types of human cancer, characterized by enhanced heterogeneity and resistance to conventional therapy at advanced stages. New studies published.
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Giacomo Rizzolatti wins the Brain Prize
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).
Read moreMedicine: dead in Pisa endocrinologist Pinchera
Aldo Pinchera, internationally renowned endocrinologist, is died last night in his home in Pisa. He died for heart problems. Professor of Endocrinology and director of the first school of specialization in Endocrinology and parts of the University of Pisa was 78 years old.
Science, Russian quasi-crystals have alien past
Russian quasicrystals may have an alien past. “We present evidence that a rock sample found in the Koryak Mountains in Russia and containing icosahedrite, an icosahedral quasicrystalline phaseis part of a meteorite, likely formed in the early solar system,” said Luca Bindi, who works at the University of Florence, Italy.
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