Dividers and compasses are drawing instruments that have been used since antiquity to measure distances, transfer lengths from one drawing to another, and draw circles. The Greek mathematician, Euclid ...

If all the compasses in the world started pointing south rather than north, many people might think something very strange, very unusual, and possibly very dangerous was going on. Doomsayers would ...

Though nothing quite like the artifacts has been identified before, they bear striking similarities to solar compasses made of wood and bone found elsewhere in Europe. Now, a new study posits the ...

Magnetotactic bacteria synthesize magnetic iron nanominerals, which function as tiny compasses that allow the microbes to navigate using Earth's geomagnetic field. Earth's iron cycle is a very ...

Atoms as Tiny Compasses A research team at CU Boulder, led by physicists Cindy Regal and Svenja Knappe, has taken a major step forward in solving these challenges. Their work, published in Optica ...

In geometry a construction is an accurate drawing. There are two main constructions which can be done using a ruler, a pair of compasses and a pencil. Place the compasses on the left-hand endpoint ...

A meeting in Brussels on Thursday will focus on agreeing new support for Ukraine from European countries after the US cut off ...

Providence and Compassus kicked off Monday the first phase of a joint venture to manage the health system’s home care operations. Brentwood, Tennessee-based Compassus will manage six Providence ...

Dalston's got no shortage of cool but manufactured places to hang out. The Three Compasses manages to feel trendy even though its interior hasn't changed much in decades. That's the charm of the ...

Economy commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis’s hinted that the EU had to set itself apart from its “long standing strategic partner” and compete with rivals like China ...