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Newsletter · July 2026

Ten years since the Quinto case

A real danger that leaves no trace. And a possible direction.

July 2026 Newsletter · A2 Gotthard 10th anniversary

On 26 July it is ten years since the Quinto case: a crash in which sleepiness at the wheel, real and unmeasurable, stayed without proof.

We do not tell it as news. We keep it as the case that makes our work concrete.

Today a study by the IRM in Zurich points to a possible direction, still to be validated on real driving.

The danger without a signal.

Read the case →

What's new on the platform

Sleep Science →The scientific section: six sleep disorders and how sleepiness is measured.Perspectives →The legal and cultural lens: the limit of proof, the sign that doesn't exist.La Soglia →New section on the threshold between waking and sleep, between science and culture.The Network →The map of nodes: how science, law, culture and story connect.IRM Zürich study →Sleepiness detectable in saliva, still to be validated on real driving. DOI 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5c01064.