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Pasta-shaped radio waves beamed across Venice

A group of Italian and Swedish researchers appears to have solved the problem of radio congestion by cleverly twisting radio waves into the shape of fusilli pasta, allowing a potentially infinite number of channels to be ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (36) | comments 53 | with audio podcast

Venice hasn't stopped sinking after all: study

The water flowing through Venice's famous canals laps at buildings a little higher every year – and not only because of a rising sea level. Although previous studies had found that Venice has stabilized, new measurements ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Italy dig unearths female 'vampire' in Venice

(AP) -- An archaeological dig near Venice has unearthed the 16th-century remains of a woman with a brick stuck between her jaws - evidence, experts say, that she was believed to be a vampire. The unusual ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 14, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Mass tourism threatening Venice lagoon, say ecologists

An Italian environmental group warned on Monday that mass tourism is slowly eroding the Venice lagoon, which it said is also threatened by major real estate development and an inadequate transport network.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Venice to suffer fewer storm surges

(PhysOrg.com) -- Venice – the City of Dreams – may have one less nightmare to deal with following a finding that the frequency of extreme storm surge events generated by Adriatic Sea tempests could ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Nearly half of Venice underwater

Much of the historic Italian city of Venice, including St. Mark's Square, was underwater Monday following a meteorological depression combined with natural tide waters, officials said.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 4