News tagged with king arthur
Romantic lessons from the Middle Ages
Love is in the air at the Bodleian Library this Valentine's Day, as the stories of epic medieval romances from King Arthur and Guinevere to Tristan and Isolde are on display.
Feb 14, 2012 |
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The man who could have been Henry VIII
(PhysOrg.com) -- This year has seen the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII's accession, and the start of the third television series of The Tudors -- yet we might so easily have been celebrating King Arthur I ...
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Archives from the pioneers of modern genetics to be brought together for the first time
The Wellcome Library is to bring the papers of the pioneers of modern genetics together in one place for the first time as part of a ground-breaking digitisation project, ‘Modern Genetics and its Foundations’.
May 17, 2012 |
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Yahoo! shakes up board to give firm new life
Yahoo! on Tuesday announced a boardroom shakeup to breath fresh life into a pioneering Internet firm that has been struggling to re-invent itself and appease disappointed investors.
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Fame doesn't protect movie stars from stroke risk
(AP) -- Hollywood trivia quiz: What do Sharon Stone, Dudley Moore, James Garner and Elizabeth Taylor have in common besides an Oscar nomination? All have suffered strokes, a reminder that money and fame can't ...
Feb 10, 2011 |
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Nano research fit for a king: Scientists test strength of composite bonds one nanotube at a time
(PhysOrg.com) -- Arthur pulled a sword from a stone, proving to a kingdom that right beats might. Researchers at Rice University are making the same point in the nanoscale realm.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 02, 2011 |
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Hands-only CPR, pushy dispatchers are lifesavers
(AP) -- More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions - especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according ...
Jul 29, 2010 |
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Figurines of Aphrodite from the era of the Roman Empire discovered in Hippos
A 1,500-year-old treasure: Three figurines of Aphrodite, goddess of love, hidden during the era of the Roman Empire's transition to Christianity, discovered in Hippos (Sussita) *During the tenth season of ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Illustrious Jewish roots of Tory leader revealed
(PhysOrg.com) -- David Cameron’s Jewish history goes back hundreds - if not thousands - of years, according to a University of Manchester historian. Dr Yaakov Wise, who specialises in Jewish history, says the Tory leade ...
Jul 10, 2009 |
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Google prime target for regulators
Google's unabashed success as an Internet search and advertising juggernaut has placed it in the crosshairs of regulators worried the firm will trample free market competition.
May 10, 2009 |
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Online library gives readers access to 1.5 million books
The Million Book Project, an international venture led by Carnegie Mellon University in the United States, Zhejiang University in China, the Indian Institute of Science in India and the Library at Alexandria in Egypt, has ...
Nov 27, 2007 |
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Nobel Prize for Medicine: Silence is golden for US laureates (Update 3)
Two US scientists, Andrew Fire and Craig Mello, on Monday won the Nobel Medicine Prize for discovering how to silence malfunctioning genes, a breakthrough which could lead to an era of new therapies to reverse ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 02, 2006 |
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