News tagged with indigo plants
Ancient Mayans Inspire Modern Fade Proof Dye
Physicists have created a dye that promises to last for a thousand years. The secret to this extraordinary durability? Its formula is based on a Mayan pigment, a brilliant blue color that survives to this ...
Jul 30, 2010 |
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Trial by fire: A landscape-scale experiment in restoring Ozark glades
A giant experiment is under way at the Tyson Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis' 2,000-acre outdoor laboratory for ecosystem studies.
Jan 28, 2012 |
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Related to the famous Maya blue: Indigo compounds give Mayan art their yellow color
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the Maya, blue was the color of the gods. For ritual purposes, art objects, and murals, they used Maya blue, a pigment without equal with regard to boldness, beauty, and durability. Maya ...
May 23, 2011 |
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Kew botanists discover more than 250 new plant species in 250th anniversary year
Giant rainforest trees, rare and beautiful orchids, spectacular palms, minute fungi, wild coffees and an ancient aquatic plant are among more than 250 new plant and fungi species discovered and described by botanists from ...
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Indigo ointment may help treat patients with psoriasis
An ointment made from indigo naturalis, a dark blue plant-based powder used in traditional Chinese medicine, appears effective in treating plaque-type psoriasis, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 17, 2008 |
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Centuries-old Maya Blue mystery finally solved
Anthropologists from Wheaton College (Illinois) and The Field Museum have discovered how the ancient Maya produced an unusual and widely studied blue pigment that was used in offerings, pottery, murals and other contexts ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 26, 2008 |
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