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Rebuilding Italian research

di Michele Bellone
Pubblicato il 11/12/2013
Research and development

The condition of Italian research is far from being positive. From some perspectives, it may be described as dramatic. The lack of financial resources, aggravated by the indiscriminate cuts that public research continues to suffer, is not the only issue of the Italian research system, which clearly needs a strong intervention in order to save it from the decline it is running towards. But how and where to intervene?

The rice production in the Philippines after the typhoon

di Alba L’Astorina
Pubblicato il 09/12/2013

After the dramatic death toll in the Philippines, it’s the time to evaluate also the damage caused to agriculture by Typhoon Haiyan , the most dangerous tropical cyclone to affect the country. Particularly at risk is the cultivation of rice, the most important food of all the countries of south -east Asia. Some satellite images released in an article published by the International Rice Research

Air pollution kills well below EU air quality limits

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di redazione
Submitted by redazione on 9 December, 2013 - 08:08

Prolonged exposure to tiny particles of soot or dust found in traffic fumes and industrial emissions may be more deadly below current European Union (EU) air quality limits than previously thought, according to new research examining two decades of data from over 360 000 residents of large cities in 13 European countries.

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