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Wanted: volunteers for one month in a mountain hut in Stelvio Park at over 2000 meters free of charge

Mar 19, 2026 10:00

Two hundred million people worldwide live above two thousand meters. Science has barely cared about this for decades - the focus was mainly on the extreme altitudes of four- and five-thousand meters - leaving this huge group of people in a blind spot of medical research. This is precisely why Eurac Research, the private research center headquartered in Bolzano, wants to fill that gap - and to do so it needs people willing to spend a month in a mountain hut.

PFAS in water: in Italy, technology is being that can remove 'eternal toxins' up to 99%

Mar 17, 2026 15:00

PFAS in water has been increasingly discussed for several years, and not only in technical or scientific circles. The subject pops up in local news, in daily concerns, in political choices. And each time the same problem recurs: these substances persist, accumulate, move. Disappearing is an entirely different story.

Infant sleep: a pediatric physiotherapist's revolutionary do-it-yourself invention

Mar 17, 2026 10:00

Frequent waking, the Moro reflex (startle reflex) and difficulty falling asleep make nights fragmented and often grueling.

Norway: melting ice reveals huge 1,500-year-old reindeer trap

Mar 16, 2026 17:30

The discovery fascinates archaeologists, but also raises troubling questions about the acceleration of climate change.

NASA deflects asteroid: first time mankind has changed the orbit of a celestial body

Mar 15, 2026 11:30

Those who think of space quickly think of it as an infinite and unchanging realm, governed by natural laws that humanity watches only from a distance with increasingly sophisticated telescopes. In recent years, however, that view has begun to tilt. Scientific research has reached a point where man has managed to communicate with the cosmic environment with a precision which, up until recently, belonged mostly to fiction.

Remote Pacific island where Japan wants to bury its nuclear waste

Mar 14, 2026 15:30

There's an island in the middle of the Pacific that almost nobody has ever heard of. It's called Minamitorishima, a triangle of rock and coral the size of a suburban neighborhood.

Gigantic Greenland shark filmed for the first time in the depths of Antarctica

Mar 14, 2026 08:00

A Greenland shark has been filmed for the first time at near-freezing depths off the South Shetland Islands in the Southern Ocean.

University opens 'disconnection rooms': spaces for silence and mental well-being (away from all notifications)

Mar 13, 2026 14:30

In an era dominated by notifications, chats and endless scrolling, the University of Genoa in Italy, is launching an innovative project around the psychophysical well-being of its students, faculty, researchers and staff. This is how the first two 'disconnection rooms' were created: spaces where the digital world stays outside and silence, concentration and recharging mental energy play the main role.

Scientists discover 'Goldilocks rule' for your sleep: reduces risk of cognitive decline

Mar 13, 2026 11:00

Sleep is one of the most important pillars of our health. It's not just about waking up feeling refreshed in the morning: it affects how we think, remember things, make decisions and even how long we live for. For a long time, science has looked at sleep primarily through a simple measure: the number of hours we sleep. In recent years, however, research has begun to look beyond this seemingly obvious fact.

Story of Tutankhamun's meteorite dagger reveals new secrets about Ancient Egypt

Mar 13, 2026 08:00

Anyone who thinks about Ancient Egypt immediately envisions pyramids, golden sarcophagi and mummies shrouded in mystery. Yet some of the most stunning objects from the Egyptian civilization not only tell a story about Earth, but a story that begins much further away, among asteroids and drifting chunks of rock in space as well.