News tagged with art conservators
Academic claims that election colours have faded
As the UK election looms, a historian at the University of Hertfordshire has revealed that political colours have lost much of their impact.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 29, 2010 |
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Imaging method for eye disease used to eye art forgeries
Scientists in Poland are describing how a medical imaging technique has taken on a second life in revealing forgery of an artist's signature and changes in inscriptions on paintings that are hundreds of years ...
Feb 03, 2010 |
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UC San Diego researchers in Florence explore new ways to search for lost Leonardo mural
(Phys.org) -- In 1505 Leonardo da Vinci began painting a mural – to commemorate the Battle of Anghiari – in the Palazzo Vecchio’s Great Hall, the seat of government in Renaissance Florence.
May 22, 2012 |
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Forest diversity from Canada to the sub-tropics influenced by family proximity
How species diversity is maintained is a fundamental question in biology. In a new study, a team of Indiana University biologists has shown for the first time that diversity is influenced on a spatial scale ...
May 17, 2012 |
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Greece could be broke by June, economist says
(Phys.org) -- If international lenders refuse to renegotiate substantial reductions in Greek public debt, chances are that whatever government emerges in Greece in the next few weeks will run out of cash by ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 08, 2012 |
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There's not always safety in numbers when it comes to extinction risk
A basic tenet underpinning scientists' understanding of extinction is that more abundant species persist longer than their less abundant counterparts, but a new University of Georgia study reveals a much more complex relationship.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 08, 2012 |
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Scholars to apply facial recognition software to unidentified portrait subjects
Anyone who has admired centuries-old sculptures and portraits displayed in museums and galleries around the world at some point has asked one question: Who is that?
Apr 26, 2012 |
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Rare Egyptian scrolls found in Australian collection
A British historian said Saturday he had unearthed a trove of Egyptian Book of the Dead fragments by a top ancient official after chancing upon a scrap on show in an Australian museum.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 22, 2012 |
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Can behavior be controlled by genes? The case of honeybee work assignments
What worker bees do depends on how old they are. A worker a few days old will become a nurse bee that devotes herself to feeding larvae (brood), secreting beeswax to seal the cells that contain brood and attending ...
Apr 17, 2012 |
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Is media-driven 'pseudo-reality' the future of U.S. politics?
(Phys.org) -- In the hyperpolarized world of the 2012 election, misinformation among Americans remains widespread, a new University of Wisconsin-Madison study finds.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 11, 2012 |
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Egg Cetera #4: Mayonnaise and the making of masterpieces
In the fourth report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, conservator Spike Bucklow describes how far the simple egg has extended the richness and splendor of paintings.
Apr 09, 2012 |
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The heat is on: New study of MIT buildings suggests additional approaches to energy efficiency
Many workplaces feature major changes in occupancy over the course of a week. In academic buildings, hundreds of students may pour in for a lecture, then leave an hour or two later, while faculty, researchers ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 30, 2012 |
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