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UC San Diego researchers in Florence explore new ways to search for lost Leonardo mural

(Phys.org) -- In 1505 Leonardo da Vinci began painting a mural – to commemorate the Battle of Anghiari – in the Palazzo Vecchio’s Great Hall, the seat of government in Renaissance Florence.

Technology / Engineering

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Visualization provides decision-makers with the big picture

The human brain is not very well-equipped for analysing multidimensional data. In his doctoral dissertation, Mikko Berg, M.Sc. (Tech.) examined how graphical visualizations can help people to understand complex data. One ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google to digitize old books from Rome, Florence

(AP) -- Google says it will scan up to 1 million old books in national libraries in Rome and Florence, including works by astronomer Galileo Galilei, in what's being described as the first deal of its kind.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 10, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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Buffett's Berkshire to buy Media General papers

(AP) -- Billionaire Warren Buffett's company is making another foray into newspapers, agreeing to buy 63 newspapers from Media General Inc. for $142 million.

Technology / Business

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Three-telescope interferometry allows astrophysicists to observe how black holes are fueled

(Phys.org) -- By combining the light of three powerful infrared telescopes, an international research team has observed the active accretion phase of a supermassive black hole in the center of a galaxy tens ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Cellular secrets of plant fatty acid production understood; discovery could boost bioeconomy

(Phys.org) -- Research groups from Iowa State University and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have uncovered the function of three plant proteins, a discovery that could help plant scientists boost ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Online video distributors gather to court advertisers

Yahoo Inc. staged its glitzy presentation for advertisers in a theater near Central Park, with appearances by Katie Couric, "CSI" creator Anthony E. Zuiker and, via video, Tom Hanks.

Technology / Internet

created May 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Italian merchants funded England's discovery of North America

Evidence that a Florentine merchant house financed the earliest English voyages to North America, has been published on-line in the academic journal Historical Research.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Google Art Project premieres upgrades in Chicago

(AP) -- High technology merged with high culture Tuesday at The Art Institute of Chicago when Google Inc. announced an upgrade to its Google Art Project initiative, adding thousands of works in dozens more countries.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The electronic nose knows when your cantaloupe is ripe

Have you ever been disappointed by a cantaloupe from the grocery store? Too ripe? Not ripe enough? Luckily for you, researchers from the University of California, Davis might have found a way to make imperfectly ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Data support theory on location of lost Leonardo da Vinci painting

(PhysOrg.com) -- Evidence uncovered during research conducted in Florence's Palazzo Vecchio late last year appears to support the theory that a lost Leonardo da Vinci painting existed on the east wall of the ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ten arrests in global child porn network

Ten people have been arrested in France, Italy, Portugal and the United States in an Italian-led inquiry into an online child porn network operating in 28 countries, investigators said Thursday.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mathematician sees artistic side to father of computer

This year a series of events around the world will celebrate the work of Alan Turing, the father of the modern computer, as the 100th anniversary of his birthday approaches on June 23. In a book chapter that ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1


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