News tagged with leather
Egyptian papyrus found in ancient Irish bog
Irish scientists have found fragments of Egyptian papyrus in the leather cover of an ancient book of psalms that was unearthed from a peat bog, Ireland's National Museum said on Monday.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 06, 2010 |
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NC State to develop next generation HazMat boots
The rubber boots that emergency personnel wear when responding to situations where hazardous materials (HazMat) are present may be functional, but they're not very comfortable. New research coming out of North ...
May 27, 2010 |
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'Holey' Nanosheets for Wastewater Dye Removal
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered that extremely thin sheets of nickel oxide with hexagonally shaped holes can absorb hazardous dyes from wastewater nearly as well as the best traditional methods, but are recyclable. ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Old soles: 800-year-old shoe soles yield clues about preservation of leather
Ancient garbage can be like gold to archaeologists. During excavation of an 800-year-old trash dump in Lyon, France, scientists discovered the archaeological equivalent of golden shoe soles: A trove of leather soles of shoes, ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Ultra-short laser pulses for science and industry
The shorter the pulse duration, the more precisely the laser tool operates. Ultra-short laser pulses of outstanding high average püower are opening the doors to new applications in high throughput materials ...
May 10, 2012 |
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Bioalchemy: turning sludge into clear water
Biological treatment plus ozone can reduce the amount of sludge coming from wastewater treatment plants by a factor of ten
May 04, 2012 |
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Italy launches private high-speed train
Italy launched Europe's first private high-speed train service this week, as the country looks towards the more liberal economy that Prime Minister Mario Monti wants to put on the rails.
Apr 22, 2012 |
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Unpublished journal offers new take on Darwin's daughter
A small, lockable leather diary - kept in the vast archives of Cambridge University Library - has led to a reassessment of one of the key relationships in Charles Darwin’s life.
Apr 13, 2012 |
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Skeleton found near Cambridge evidence of first Christian burial in England
(PhysOrg.com) -- A British archeological team has unearthed the 1,400-year old remains of a sixteen year old girl buried with a gold and garnet cross on her chest. And because they also found with her, an ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 16, 2012 |
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The high price of losing manufacturing jobs: research
The loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs is a topic that can provoke heated arguments about globalization. But what do the cold, hard numbers reveal? How has the rise in foreign manufacturing competition actually affected the ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Google tightens grip on smartphone wallets
Google on Wednesday assured users of its smartphone wallets that the mobile-age technology thwarts thieves better than old-school cash or credit cards.
Feb 15, 2012 |
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From buskins to brothel-creepers: our love affair with shoes
Tomorrow Cambridge historian Dr Ulinka Rublack will give a public talk that will set footwear at the centre of her argument that in neglecting to explore the history of things we miss a golden opportunity ...
Feb 14, 2012 |
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DNA barcoding of parasitic worms: Is it kosher?
When rabbis from the Orthodox Union started finding worms in cans of sardines and capelin eggs, they turned to scientists at the American Museum of Natural History to answer a culturally significant dietary question: could ...
Feb 14, 2012 |
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Engineers find inspiration for new materials in Piranha-proof armor
(PhysOrg.com) -- It’s a matchup worthy of a late-night cable movie: put a school of starving piranha and a 300-pound fish together, and who comes out the winner?
Feb 09, 2012 |
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