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The treasured Montreux Jazz Festival archive is now online
EPFL’s Metamedia Center will soon finish digitizing the Montreux Jazz Festival archive, and an initial selection of concerts has been made available at montreuxjazz.com
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Ανδρέας Βεσάλιος………..ο ιδρυτής της σύγχρονης ανατομίας
Ο Ανδρέας Βεσάλιος (Andreas Vesalius, γνωστός και ως Βεζάλιος ή Βεζάλ) γεννήθηκε την 31 Δεκεμβρίου 1514, ή νωρίς το πρωί της επομένης. Αυτή η αβεβαιότητα για την αυγή της ζωής ενός τόσο διάσημου...
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Το βιβλίο Kells
Το βιβλίο Kells ή βιβλίο Columba είναι θρησκευτικό εγκόλπιο που περιέχει τα τέσσερα Ευαγγέλια εικονογραφημένα με σκηνές. Ξεκίνησε να εκπονείται από μοναχούς στην μονή Αϊόνα (Iona) η οποία ιδρύθηκε από...
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Scientists make first direct detection of gravitational waves
LIGO signal reveals first observation of two massive black holes colliding, proves Einstein right Jennifer Chu • MIT News Office
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Gravitational waves
One hundred years after Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves, scientists have finally spotted these elusive ripples in space-time. In a highly anticipated announcement,...
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Η Ιερά Εξέταση
Η Ιερά Εξέταση ήταν Εκκλησιαστικό δικαστήριο και διαδικασία της Ρωμαιοκαθολικής Εκκλησίας, με αποστολή τον εντοπισμό - τιμωρία των αιρέσεων και με τεράστια δύναμη στη Μεσαιωνική εποχή. Σκοπός της Ιεράς...
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Most complete Bronze Age wheel to date found at Must Farm near Peterborough
The largest and best-preserved Bronze Age wheel in Britain has been uncovered at Must Farm, a site described as Peterborough’s Pompeii. The wheel will extend our understanding of early technologies and...
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Breaking through the bacteria barrier
New microfluidic device may speed up DNA insertion in bacteria, the first step in genetic engineering News release • MIT News Office • February 19, 2016 • By Jennifer Chu
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Breaking the vicious circle of heart failure
In patients with heart failure, the pumping power of the heart decreases in a fatal downward spiral. Pharmacologists at ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich have now succeeded in breaking this...
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Unlocking one of the great secrets of Earth’s evolution
An international team including scientists at the University of St Andrews has unlocked the secret of one of the great events of Earth’s evolution – the Cambrian explosion._University of St Andrews
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Study reveals mechanism behind enzyme that tags unneeded DNA
Researchers have discovered the two-step process that activates an essential human enzyme, called Suv39h1, which is responsible for organizing large portions of the DNA found in every living cell....
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Hubble Directly Measures Rotation of Cloudy ‘Super-Jupiter’
Hubble Space Telescope astronomers have been able to pick up the faint infrared glow of a giant planet located 170 light-years away from Earth. Not only is it glowing, but also rhythmically flickering...
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New blood test detects deadly inherited heart conditions
A new genetic test to improve diagnosis in people with inherited heart conditions has been developed by researchers Imperial College London - News release • February 19, 2016
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Θεοφράστου βίος………&«Χαρακτήρες» (372 – 287 π.Χ)
Ὁ συγγραφεὺς τῶν βίων τῶν φιλοσόφων, Διογένης Λαέρτιος, μᾶς παρέχει τὰς περισσοτέρας πληροφορίας περὶ τοῦ βίου τοῦ Θεοφράστου. Ἐγεννήθη τῷ 372 π. Χ. εἰς τὴν Ἐρεσὸν τῆς Λέσβου, τὴν πόλιν ἐκείνην εἰς τὴν...
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The Quantum Secret to Superconductivity
In a virtuoso experiment, physicists have revealed details of a “quantum critical point” that underlies high-temperature superconductivity._Quanta Magazine
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Amazing spider silk
Biophysicists at Johns Hopkins University have discovered one of the keys to the super-elasticity of spiders' webs, finding that proteins in the silk used to make the webs act like supersprings and can...
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Canberra Balloon Spectacular
Canberra Balloon Spectacular/Photo gallery, provided by Australian Geographic
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Lasers Rewired
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley have found a simple new way to produce nanoscale wires that can serve as tiny, tunable...
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Multiple Cosmic Impacts 790,000 Years Ago
Approximately 790,000 years ago there were multiple cosmic impacts on earth with global consequences. Geoscientists from Heidelberg University reached this conclusion after dating so-called tektites...
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