Editing Sicily (section)

===Science===
[[File:Stanislao Cannizzaro 01 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Stanislao Cannizzaro]] known for the [[Cannizzaro reaction]] and for his influential role in the atomic-weight deliberations of the [[Karlsruhe Congress]]]]
[[Catania]] has one of the four laboratories of the [[Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare]] (National Institute for Nuclear Physics) in which there is a [[cyclotron]] that uses [[proton]]s both for [[nuclear physics]] experiments and for particle therapy to treat cancer ([[proton therapy]]).<ref>[http://www.policlinico.unict.it/Adroterapia/def.htm Centro Di Adroterapia Oculare] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122092913/http://www.policlinico.unict.it/adroterapia/def.htm |date=22 November 2012}}. Policlinico.unict.it. Retrieved on 18 December 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.lns.infn.it/ LNS latest news]. Lns.infn.it (13 December 2012). Retrieved on 18 December 2012.</ref> [[Noto]] has one of the largest [[radio telescope]]s in Italy that performs geodetic and astronomical observations.<ref>[http://www.noto.ira.inaf.it/ Noto VLBI home page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008104312/https://www.noto.ira.inaf.it/ |date=8 October 2022}}. Noto.ira.inaf.it. Retrieved on 18 December 2012.</ref> There are [[observatories]] in [[Palermo]] and Catania, managed by the {{lang|it|[[Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica]]}} (National Institute for Astrophysics). In the ''Observatory of Palermo'' the astronomer [[Giuseppe Piazzi]] discovered the first and the largest [[asteroid]] to be identified [[Ceres (dwarf planet)|Ceres]] (today considered a [[dwarf planet]]) on 1 January 1801;<ref>{{cite book |first=Michael |last=Hoskin |year=1999 |title=The Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy |publisher=Cambridge University press |isbn=978-0-521-57600-0 |pages=160–161}}</ref> Catania has two observatories, one of which is situated on [[Mount Etna]] at {{convert|1800|m|ft|lk=out|abbr=off}}.<ref>[http://www.ct.astro.it/ Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania Homepage]. Ct.astro.it. Retrieved on 18 December 2012.</ref>

[[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]] is also an experimental centre for solar technologies through the creation of the project [[Archimede solar power plant]] that is the first [[concentrated solar power|concentrated solar power plant]] to use [[molten salt]] for heat transfer and storage which is integrated with a [[combined-cycle]] gas facility. All the plant is owned and operated by [[Enel]].<ref>[http://www.enel.com/en-GB/innovation/project_technology/renewables_development/solar_power/archimede.aspx?it=-2%page=http%3a%2f%2fwww.enel.com%2fen-GB%2finnovation%2fproject_technology%2frenewables_development%2fsolar_power%2farchimede.aspx%3fit%3d-2%3fWT.mc_id%3d1707 Archimede] {{web archive | url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120224144722/http://www.enel.com/en-GB/innovation/project_technology/renewables_development/solar_power/archimede.aspx?it=-2%page=http:%2f%2fwww.enel.com%2fen-GB%2finnovation%2fproject_technology%2frenewables_development%2fsolar_power%2farchimede.aspx%3fit=-2%3fWT.mc_id=1707 | date = 24 February 2012}}. Enel.com. Retrieved on 18 December 2012.</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/jul/22/first-molten-salt-solar-power The world's first molten salt concentrating solar power plant | Environment | guardian.co.uk]. Guardian (22 July 2010). Retrieved on 18 December 2012.</ref> The touristic town of [[Erice]] is also an important science place thanks to the [[Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture]] which
embraces 123 schools from all over the world, covering all branches of science, offering courses, seminars, workshops, and annual meetings. It was founded by the physicist [[Antonino Zichichi]] in honour of another scientist of the island, [[Ettore Majorana]] known for the [[Majorana equation]] and [[Majorana fermion]]s.<ref>[http://www.ccsem.infn.it/ Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114014208/http://www.ccsem.infn.it/ |date=14 November 2020}}. Ccsem.infn.it (2 July 2012). Retrieved on 18 December 2012.</ref> Sicily's famous scientists also include [[Stanislao Cannizzaro]] (chemist), [[Giovanni Battista Hodierna]] and [[Niccolò Cacciatore]] (astronomers).
[[File:Ripresa notturna della Facolta di Ingegneria Messina.jpg|thumb|Department of Engineering, [[University of Messina]]]]