Positive news from Italy
Italy to begin ban on plastic bags in shopsA ban on plastic bags is coming into effect in Italy, which has one of the highest rates of consumption of the bags in Europe.
"a key step forward in the fight against pollution and it makes us all more responsible in terms of recycling."
- Environment Minister Stefania Prestigiacomo |
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More positive news from Italy
Italy to begin ban on plastic bags in shopsA ban on plastic bags is coming into effect in Italy, which has one of the highest rates of consumption of the bags in Europe. |
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Whale alert system being tested in Mediterranean
Source: BBC, Tue September 14, 2010 |
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Ultraviolet light reveals how Greek statues really lookedA recent touring exhibition is turning a long held common belief on its head. The common perception is that the great statues and buildings of ancient Greece and Rome were all pure unpainted stone or green tarnished bronze, but researchers have been arguing that this may not been what these classic monuments really looked like back in the era of their creation. |
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Italian scientists’ ‘wood to bone’ medical breakthroughScientists in Italy have discovered a way of making artificial replacement bones out of wood. |
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VisionWorks Award 2009: Big Prizes for Vertical Gardens, Bacteria Packaging and MoreCongrats to Manuel Dreesmann who received the first prize at this year's VisionWorks Award -- Cargopacks 2020. |
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Club of Rome: Global thinkers tackle warming
The Club of Rome will hold a Global Assembly about climate, energy and economic recovery between 26th and 27th October in Amsterdam.
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Finger points to new da Vinci artA new Leonardo da Vinci portrait may have been discovered after a fingerprint found on it seemed similar to another discovered on his work. |
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G8 pledges to boost food suppliesLeaders of the G8 developed nations have pledged $20bn (£12bn) for efforts to boost food supplies to the hungry, on the final day of a summit in Italy. |
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Nude, Mona Lisa-like painting surfacesLeonardo da Vinci, in a Renaissance version of Mad Magazine, may have painted his famous Mona Lisa in a number of ways, including nude. |
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Europe unveils British astronautTimothy Peake, a 37-year-old test pilot in the Army Air Corps, has been accepted into the European Space Agency's (Esa) Astronaut Corps. |
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News from Europe
- Six million turn out for global garbage clean-up
- Swiss Parliament Passes Plastic Bag Ban
- French move boosts shark sanctuaries
- First liver cancer ‘chemo-bath’ in the UK
- Scientists uncover gene behind skin disease
- Europe Now Creates Enough Solar Power to Fuel Austria
- London’s Eco-Friendly Olympic Games
- Portugal commissions world’s first Nissan Leaf electric car police fleet
- Long hunt detects possible ‘God particle’
- After damning research, France proposes banning pesticide linked to bee collapse