iPad app shows US library's Civil War images in 3D
(AP) -- A new iPad app developed from images from the Library of Congress is giving viewers a look at the Civil War in 3D.
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Apr 19, 2011
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Research examines the black-and-white issues surrounding executions in the South
An examination of post-emancipation executions in the South is revealing how race played a significant and under-examined role in executions. Annulla Linders, a University of Cincinnati associate professor of sociology, will ...
Social Sciences
Aug 18, 2011
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World Digital Library grows to 10,000 items
The World Digital Library led by the Library of Congress reached a milestone Thursday, surpassing 10,000 items with the addition of ancient manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.
Internet
Mar 6, 2014
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Researchers develop tool to improve NASA polar ice mission
(Phys.org)—Data vital to understanding global climate change will benefit from more efficient and secure processing, thanks to a new tool created by members of Indiana University's Research Technologies Systems.
Earth Sciences
Oct 2, 2012
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Library of Congress gets health workers' audio COVID diaries
The Library of Congress has acquired a digital archive of the real-time impressions of more than 200 frontline health care workers documenting the country's descent into the coronavirus pandemic.
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Jun 9, 2021
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America archives its billions of tweets
The Library of Congress, repository of the world's largest collection of books, has set for itself the enormous task of archiving something less weighty and far more ephemeral—Americans' billions of tweets.
Internet
Jan 22, 2013
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Soaring rhetoric: NASA mission will carry Poet Laureate Ada Limón's words to Jupiter
A new work by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, written for an upcoming NASA mission to Jupiter's moon Europa, is a glance at outer space that returns back to Earth.
Space Exploration
Jun 2, 2023
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Barack Obama, Twitter, and the 'intimization' of politics
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 American electorate; ...
Internet
Nov 9, 2012
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US oral history project wins $1 mn TED Prize
The founder of a project devoted to capturing stories of people's lives spoken in their own words has won a million-dollar TED Prize that comes with an unfettered wish.
Internet
Nov 17, 2014
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New search engine offers better access to Congress
(AP)—Congress is getting a new search engine to help people find bills that may become new laws.
Internet
Sep 19, 2012
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