In the late 18th and 19th centuries, the Industrial Revolution created demand for stronger, more reliable materials for machines, railroads, ships and infrastructure. The material that emerged was ...

Using carbonate fragments, researchers from Mainz, Oxford, and Innsbruck have deciphered the complex history of the Arles ...

In the arid deserts of Namibia, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, researchers have uncovered an astonishing discovery: thin, orderly ...

Discover the world's most expensive books ever sold, from ancient manuscripts like the Codex Leicester to historic first editions such as the Gutenberg Bible and Shakespeare's First Folio. Explore the ...

A new seaborgium isotope may unlock the path to discovering even shorter-lived superheavy nuclei through K-isomer states. An ...

The smarter you are, the more your brain is in sync with its own secret rhythm, a new study has found.

Two German physicists have reimagined how to create powerful and uniform magnetic fields using compact permanent magnets. By ...

The Bible, on display at the Medieval Art Gallery in Warsaw, was printed more than 570 years ago by Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the printing press. It is one of the few preserved copies in ...

Dr Benjamin Fourlas Managing Director of the Leibniz ScienceCampus 'Byzantium between Orient and Occident – Mainz/Frankfurt' ...

In 1455 Johann Gutenberg published a version of the Bible, and began a revolution in printing books and pamphlets that was to change the world. Jenny Spinks, Hansen Associate Professor in History ...

When answering the question of who invented printing, most would undoubtedly point to Gutenberg, some to the Chinese. Meanwhile, the Polish textbook Uczeń-Drukarz (Trainee-Printer) states that the ...