Gibbon's 'earliest use of irony' revealed by manuscript
A newly-discovered manuscript may represent Edward Gibbonâs earliest experiment in the irony for which he would become famous, an Oxford University English academic has found.
A newly-discovered manuscript may represent Edward Gibbonâs earliest experiment in the irony for which he would become famous, an Oxford University English academic has found.
Other
Aug 22, 2012
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The first sequencing of the Asiatic pear genome has recently been completed by an international consortium of seven worldwide universities and institutions including the University of Illinois.
Biotechnology
Jun 12, 2012
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More world literature just got its door kicked open digitally. For the first time scholars will be able to compare material kept in the separate collections for centuries.
Other
Apr 14, 2012
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The editor of the US journal Science said Friday he supports the decision of bird flu experts in Geneva to make public controversial research about a mutant form of the H5N1 virus.
Other
Feb 17, 2012
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Germany has handed to the Czech Republic a manuscript of Johann Gregor Mendel, founder of modern genetics, on his plant hybridization experiments, the Czech foreign minister said Thursday.
Other
Feb 9, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Antique books in the Vatican Library are being digitised to preserve them for future generations using a technique developed through ESA to store satellite images of the sky.
Other
Dec 19, 2011
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EPL (Europhysics Letters) has today gone beyond Earthly limits by publishing its first ever paper submitted from space.
General Physics
Nov 11, 2011
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Ancient manuscripts that hold important clues to Indias intellectual and religious traditions will be the focus of a new study.
Other
Nov 9, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Technology is to enable scholars for the first time to study a complete manuscript of one of the worlds most important and largest Korans.
Other
Jan 19, 2011
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While in Houghton Library, sorting through stacks of old manuscripts and letters from the great naturalist Charles Darwin, history of science graduate student Myrna Perez and lecturer Alistair Sponsel stumbled across something ...
Evolution
Dec 17, 2010
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