According to research published in the online journal PLoS ONE, you are more likely to respond to a yawn with another yawn when it comes from a family member or friend.

CATANIA, Italy, July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa, a world center of excellence in advanced robotics and one of Italy's most prestigious universities, have today announced the creation of a joint laboratory for research and innovation in bio-robotics, smart systems and microelectronics. Supporting the expansion of research in biologically-inspired robots with human-like structures and behavior, ST and the BioRobotics Institute of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna are working to extend their understanding of locomotion principles in sensing, actuation, dynamics and control of various biological systems with the opening of a joint laboratory in Catania, Italy, where ST has advanced R&D activities in robotics and automation, smart system integration, as well as the exploration of new materials and technologies, including opto-elec

By Leo Greene Italian researchers claim to have stopped ALS dead in its tracks. By stopped, they mean no progression. By ALS, we mean the incurable disease for which there has been no significant medical breakthrough.

By Genazzani, Andrea R; Pluchino, Nicola; Begliuomini, Silvia; Stomati, Massimo; Et al Abstract Objective. The aging process is associated with a decline in the circulating Δ^sup 5^-androgen dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and its sulfate ester, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS).

By Saviozzi, A; Cardelli, R; N'kou, P; Levi-Minzi, R; Riffaldi, R A laboratory incubation research was carried out to evaluate the effect of green waste compost (GWC) and cattle manure (CM), the traditional organic amendment, on soil quality indicators.