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Despite every effort, Alfredino slipped deeper into the well during the final rescue attempts and was declared dead on June 13. The "Silence of Love" and Its Legacy
, including the remarkably brave Angelo Licheri , were lowered upside-down into the narrow shaft in a desperate bid to reach him.
In June 1981, a small village near Rome became the epicenter of a tragedy that would forever change the Italian psyche. Six-year-old fell into an artesian well in Vermicino , beginning a 60-hour ordeal that captivated over 21 million television viewers in one of the first major "media circuses" of the modern age.
On June 10, Alfredino fell into a narrow well, just 30cm wide but 80m deep. For three days, Italy watched as:
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Panče Naumov leads the Smart Materials Lab and the Center for Smart Engineering Materials at NYUAD. His group is internationally recognized for pioneering crystal adaptronics and advancing adaptive molecular solids, with applications in sensing, robotics, optics, and energy systems.
Meet the TeamDespite every effort, Alfredino slipped deeper into the well during the final rescue attempts and was declared dead on June 13. The "Silence of Love" and Its Legacy
, including the remarkably brave Angelo Licheri , were lowered upside-down into the narrow shaft in a desperate bid to reach him.
In June 1981, a small village near Rome became the epicenter of a tragedy that would forever change the Italian psyche. Six-year-old fell into an artesian well in Vermicino , beginning a 60-hour ordeal that captivated over 21 million television viewers in one of the first major "media circuses" of the modern age.
On June 10, Alfredino fell into a narrow well, just 30cm wide but 80m deep. For three days, Italy watched as:
We are proud that the Smart Materials Lab is the leading team in impactful chemistry research in the United Arab Emirates, with research output that, according to the Nature Index, accounts for 40‒60% of the total chemistry publications within the country, both in fractional count and weighed fractional count. The past and current research projects in the Smart Materials Lab have been sponsored by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC), Human Science Frontier Program Organization (HFSPO), and the UAE National Research Foundation (NRF), in addition to generous financial support from NYUAD and the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute. The members of the Smart Materials Lab work closely with NYUAD's Center for Smart Engineering Materials (CSEM).