Pioneering X-ray technology is making it possible to read fragile rolled-up historical documents for the first time in centuries.

Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry

May 16, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

(Phys.org) —Pablo Picasso is widely regarded as one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, having pioneered a variety of new styles in painting, sculpture, and other artistic forms. Besides ...

Physics - General Physics

May 01, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

One of the turning points of the U.S. Civil War occurred during the Battle of Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863, when Confederate Lieutenant General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson was mistakenly shot by his own ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Apr 30, 2013 4.5 / 5 (6) 1

(AP)—Fans of the Ohio native credited with developing the Richter (RIK'-tur) scale for rating earthquake magnitude don't want his name and legacy forgotten.

Other Sciences - Other

Apr 25, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

In the latest achievement in efforts to see what may lie underneath the surface of great works of art, scientists today described the first use of an imaging technology like that used in airport whole-body security scanners ...

Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry

Apr 10, 2013 4 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org) —In a paper published on-line today by the Journal for the History of Astronomy, the historian Michael Hoskin, emeritus at the University of Cambridge, says that William Herschel should not be addressed by the ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Apr 04, 2013 4.3 / 5 (6) 3

A document signed by Britain's King Richard III will be auctioned in Los Angeles next week, two months after scientists found the ancient royal's remains under a modern-day car park.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Mar 28, 2013 not rated yet 0

A rough, whitish block recovered from an Elizabethan shipwreck may be a sunstone, the fabled crystal believed by some to have helped Vikings and other medieval seafarers navigate the high seas, researchers ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Mar 08, 2013 4.9 / 5 (18) 5

An online tool has, for the first time, revealed a common literary technique in the Book of Genesis that has remained hidden in the text for millennia.

Technology - Computer Sciences

Feb 20, 2013 3.5 / 5 (4) 0

He was king of England, but for centuries he lay without shroud or coffin in an unknown grave, and his name became a byword for villainy.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Feb 04, 2013 5 / 5 (7) 13

A sophisticated X-ray technology is paving the way to uncover the secrets of a 380-year-old Rembrandt masterpiece. Underneath the "Old Man in Military Costume", painted by the Dutch artist in the years 1630-31, ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Jan 25, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

Ah, the Christmas season. It's the most wonderful time of the year. A time to celebrate peace, love and the religious beliefs of America's religious majority – whether you like it or not.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Dec 18, 2012 1.9 / 5 (7) 43

Art Historians and scientists from the University of Glasgow have completed an international research project to trace the origins of four previously misattributed paintings.

Other Sciences - Other

Nov 23, 2012 3.6 / 5 (5) 0

2012's been quite a year for tweeters. First we had the Twitter Olympics. Now, Barack Obama's first impulse, on hearing of his re-election as President of the United States, was to tweet out thanks to the ...

Technology - Internet

Nov 09, 2012 not rated yet 0

Eric Hobsbawm, the eminent British historian who chronicled the extremes of the 19th and 20th centuries from a Marxist perspective, died on Monday at the age of 95, his daughter said.

Other Sciences - Other

Oct 01, 2012 3 / 5 (2) 0