Wastewater often shows high concentrations of pollutants: nitrates, ammonia, nitrogen, phosphor. In order for wastewater to be reused, such compounds must be removed. The patented system allows an efficient, low-cost, automated control of the processes for a complete nitrogen removal, also ensuring energy savings through a simplified and more efficient...

Multifunctional hybrid material based on natural clays for environmental recovery and bioremediation (ArgiNaRe). ArgiNaRe products are able to adsorb environmental pollutants such as heavy metals, solvents and non-volatile organic substances, microparticulate and microplastics, but in particular they absorb and induce the degradation of hydrocarbons from matrices such as water, air...

The invention relates to the Common Rail (CR) injection system for Diesel engines and proposes a device for measuring the instantaneous mass flow-rate in a high pressure liquid flow. A mass based feedback control logic is also proposed to guarantee the control on the quantity of fuel that is actually...

Barry University Professor of Physics Maurizio Giannotti, Ph.D., has been awarded a 2021-22 Fulbright scholarship to conduct research at the University of Zaragoza in Spain. His research aims to improve our understanding of the physics of light and weakly interacting particles (WISPs), particularly axions, and their role in cosmology and...

This unanimous decision was made by the Steering Committee   Augusto Cavallini, a South Florida resident and manager of the HarperLove Adhesives has been appointed by unanimous vote of the Steering Committee as the new president of the COMITES (Comitato degli Italiani all’Estero) of Miami. Dr. Cavallini is an Industrial Engineer with a...

ICBR in collaboration with virologist Dr. Marco Salemi, Professor in the UF Department of Pathology, has begun to use high throughput DNA sequencing technology to help identify COVID19 variant spread within the state of Florida. The virus contains a single molecule of RNA that contains the genetic information to produce...

We are proud to announce that Interaction Design & Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A) has entered in its third age. After the paper age and the electronic version age, the journal made a transition to an “e-paper + video” age on occasion of the special issue N.47 (dedicated to “Tools, Pedagogical and...

Bucharest 2021, 24-25 June After a first tour of Europe Timisoara (East), Aveiro (West) and Aalborg (North), Rome (South) and a virtual edition – SLERD 2020 – we hope to start a new journey so that the sixth edition of the SLERD conference will be held in Bucharest, in blended...

An Embassy of Italy Event, in association with the National Academy of Sciences and the Nobel Prize Summit Wednesday, April 28, 2021 12:00pm EST / 18:00 CET Inspired by the motto of the G20 Italian Presidency in 2021, ‘People, Planet, Prosperity’ and on the triple special occasion of the 160th...

It’s funny to think that little more than a year ago, none of us knew the phrase “social distancing”, and yet now, it’s become a part of everyday life! In order to keep ourselves safe, we’ve had to adapt to a whole new way of life. It’s been tricky enough...