“Week of Scientific Culture” – High School “Borghese Faranda” Patti (ME) – 16th January 2023
From 16th to 19th January 2023, MEDNIGHT researchers have visited the “Borghese Faranda” High School in Patti (ME), during the “Week of Scientific Culture” organized by the school. In particular, on Monday 16th January, Marina Trimarchi met the students in the Aula...
The butterfly effect: This is the story of a Mediterranean fisherman who flapped his wings
Text: Lorena Sánchez Photos: Ricardo Domínguez @mednight Butterflies are unaware of the fuss they make every time they take flight. This little story, set in a tiny place in the southern Mediterranean, begins with a fisherman who demanded water for his village. Thus,...
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GASTRONOMIC TOURISM AS AN AGGREGATING FACTOR OF THE TERRITORIAL IDENTITY
Gastronomic tourism represents an innovation, albeit not more recent, among the various forms of tourism. It finds its origin in the traveler's desire to explore the territories, discover local "flavors" and recipes, and tasting typical food products related to the...
Italy’s duties in the sustainable development of the Mediterranean. The new exclusive economic zone of Italy
Italy is, with its approximately 7,500 kilometres of coastline, the country most involved in policies concerning protection and enrichment of resources of the Mediterranean, a sea of extreme wealth, but also of great fragility for biological balance and biodiversity....
MEDITERRANEAN DIET AND FOOD SAFETY
As a matter of fact, nanometer and micrometer sized plastic particles contaminate mountain areas as well as seabeds. Being typically released from cosmetics and personal care products, and food packaging, micro- and nanoplastics enter the food chain and inevitably end...
Beer in The Mediterranean Diet
Among the skills provided by ITS Albatros, there is the production of beer. In the literature, there are several scientific works that attest to how these fermented drinks, if consumed in moderation and responsibly by adult consumers, can bring benefits to the health...
The challenge of new generation vaccines: new medical, microbiological and legal trajectories
Although the implementation of vaccines has been a crucial issue for the management of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has generated new challenges for the medical, microbiological and legal sciences. With the participation of experts of various scientific fields, the panel...
The prison as a “cultural construction site”; a stage on the Mediterranean Sea: meeting of lives, stories, and freedom.
The University of Messina, where the university-prison centre is based, as part of the CNUPP, strives to promote arts-training courses involving inmates, students and actors, aiming to make the prison a place of culture through theatrical activity. During the...
Researchers Night across Greece
Apart from the Mednight celebration in Mytilini, on the 30th September the European Researcher Night will be celebrated across many more cities in Greece, such as Athens Thessaloniki, Patras, Herakleion and Rethymno, as part of the MARIE project. For more information...
FISH AND MAMMALS: SO FAR AND YET SO CLOSE
Fishes are the first vertebrates from which it is possible tracing a common thread that, passing through all classes, reaches humankind. Phylogenetic cell characterization is useful to understand the shape and function of cells. This proposal aims to underline the...
Small size, great interest. Who are the parasites?
Parasites, like fleas, ticks, and lice that have been considered undesired guests, despite their small size, often cause fear and diseases in the community; becoming, in the last decade, protagonists of TV broadcast such as "Me and my parasites". Each of us, at...
Zebrafish as a model for scientific research
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a tropical freshwater fish of the cyprinid family, considered a welle stablished animal model in scientific research for ecotoxicological studies, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer research. During the Mednight day, a stand will be set up...
The path towards gender equality in the workplace: a research from UNIME
What are the activities and policies that can push organizations towards achieving gender equality? First of all, it is necessary to understand the needs of employees and collaborators. During this event a very short online questionnaire will be administered; the...