
Copywriter since 1988, he began his career in De Agostini, and then chose to continue as a freelancer. Graduated in Philosophy, he is currently also a professor of Web Marketing at the Federlegno Training Center. As a communication consultant, he has been working for many clients for many years, including some large international groups. In 2012 he opened the personal blog “Mela N” where he deals with topics related to Writing, Communication, Content Marketing and Storytelling.
Blog Post by Luca Nicola
Luca Nicola
29 December 2020
15
min
Tu Youyou, the Nobel Prize for her work on malaria
Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prize in Medicine, together with William C. Campbell and Satoshi Omura, for her important work on the cure for malaria.
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Luca Nicola
22 December 2020
15
min
May, the neuroscientist who reconstructed the map of our brain
May Britt-Moser won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2014 together with her husband Edvard I. Moser and John O'Keefe, thanks to her studies on neuroscience, ...
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Luca Nicola
15 December 2020
15
min
Carol, the youngest woman to win the Noble Prize in Medicine
Carol W. Greider won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine, along with Elizabeth Blackburn and Jack Szostak, for her research on cellular ageing
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Luca Nicola
8 December 2020
15
min
Elizabeth, the explorer of cellular ageing
Elizabeth Blackburn won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine, along with Carol Greider and Jack Szostak, for her research on cellular ageing and in particular on ...
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Luca Nicola
1 December 2020
14
min
Françoise, the virologist who discovered the HIV virus
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine, together with Luc Montagnier, for the discovery of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the cause ...
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Luca Nicola
24 November 2020
17
min
Linda, the scientist who unveiled the secrets of smell
Linda B. Buck won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2004, together with Richard Axel, for her work on olfactory receptors and for isolating the genes that, when ...
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Luca Nicola
17 November 2020
14
min
Christiane, the genius of biochemistry
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1995, together with Eric Wieschaus and Edward Lewis, for her discoveries on the genetic ...
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Luca Nicola
10 November 2020
12
min
Gertrude, the scientist who revolutionized pharmacology
Gertrude B. Elion won the Nobel Prize for Medicine for her research on acyclovir, an antiviral drug. Over her career she registered 45 pharmaceutical patents ...
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Luca Nicola
3 November 2020
16
min
Rita, the pioneer of neurobiology
Rita Levi-Montalcini was the first woman to be admitted to the Accademia Pontificia (Pontifical Academy of Sciences) and the only Italian to receive the Nobel ...
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Luca Nicola
27 October 2020
15
min
Barbara, the founder of cellular genetics
Barbara was awarded the Prize in 1983 for her discovery of transposons, the genetic elements capable of changing position within the genome (the genetic ...
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Luca Nicola
20 October 2020
17
min
Rosalyn, the mother of endocrinology
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow was the sixth woman in the world to win the Nobel Prize in Science and the second woman to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine
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Luca Nicola
13 October 2020
11
min
Gerty, the first female winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine
Gerty Radnitz Cori was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1947. The prize, shared with her husband Carl Cori and...
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Luca Nicola
28 September 2020
14
min
DNA tests: what do they really tell us about our ancestors? | IBSA Foundation
DNA tests work really well to find out who a person’s parents are, but can give less reliable responses in other cases. To understand why, we have to know ...
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Luca Nicola
21 September 2020
15
min
Why are sugary foods so hard to resist? | IBSA Foundation
Sugar is a word that we all know, and that we usually associate with a sweetening ingredient. In fact, it is a general term...
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Luca Nicola
14 September 2020
15
min
Our neurons move like fish | IBSA Foundation
What do a school of fish swimming in perfect harmony and our brain cells have in common?
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Luca Nicola
7 September 2020
6
min
The infosphere is transforming our lives | IBSA Foundation
Today, we are living in unprecedented times, in which the clear division of the online and offline worlds no longer exists: this new dimension is what Floridi ...
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Luca Nicola
24 August 2020
14
min
A smart bandage for treating chronic wounds | IBSA Foundation
What inspires a teenager to take on the great scientific and engineering challenge of inventing the first ‘intelligent’ dressing? Anushka Naiknaware, who at ...
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Luca Nicola
17 August 2020
5
min
Which scientific fields will have the greatest impact on our lives?
In a recent interview Holden Thorp, a chemist and the editor-in-chief of “Science”, one of the most respected science journals in the world, spoke about...
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