News tagged with national gallery
Why have Murillo's skies turned grey?
Smalt was one of the blue pigments the most commonly used by the artists between the 16th and 18th centuries. Unfortunately, this pigment is unstable and tends to fade with time. Researchers from the new European ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 19, 2011 |
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Researchers demonstrate highly unidirectional 'whispering gallery' microlasers
Utilizing a century-old phenomenon discovered in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, applied scientists at Harvard University have demonstrated, for the first time, highly collimated unidirectional microlasers.
Dec 13, 2010 |
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Science uncovers the hidden secrets of world-famous paintings
(PhysOrg.com) -- The hidden secrets of some of the world's most famous paintings have been revealed thanks to a partnership between EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) and the UK National ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jun 25, 2010 |
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The art of faking it: gallery puts forgeries on show
The National Gallery in London will exhibit a collection of fake and wrongly-attributed paintings next year, in a show exploring how modern science has lifted the lid on centuries of forgery.
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Encyclopedia of Life reaches historic 'one million species pages' milestone
The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) has surged past one million pages of content with the addition of hundreds of thousands of new images and specimen data from the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History ...
May 11, 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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Sand Flea robot is set to leap into reconnaissance (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Boston Dynamics’ video gallery of troop-supporting robots that trek and haul loads has a new addition that is drawing a sea of impressed viewers. It’s the Sand Flea Robot, an eleven-pound ...
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Now, brought to the big screen by physicists at SLAC the universe
The mysteries of the universe – from the first stars and supernovas to galaxy clusters and dark matter - are being revealed in stunningly beautiful full-color, high-definition 3-D videos played ...
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Solar storm not nearly as bad as could have been (Update 2)
Our high-tech world seems to have weathered a solar storm that was still showing signs of life late Thursday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Einstein letter lauding Swiss system set for sale
A letter written by celebrated physicist Albert Einstein extolling the virtues of Switzerland is expected to fetch thousands of francs (euros, dollars) when it goes under the hammer there in June.
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Solastalgia's growing influence is 'bittersweet' success
If you enter ‘solastalgia’ into a Google search, the staggering number and range of results illustrates just how widely the influence of Professor Glenn Albrecht’s concept has spread. ...
Feb 13, 2012 |
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Charter service: Encasing the Magna Carta
You often hear about the Framers of the Constitution, but not so much the framers of the Magna Carta. They work for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Probing Question: How are museums keeping up with the changing times?
From America’s oldest collection, Charleston Museum, circa 1773, to its tiniest—the 134-square-foot World’s Smallest Museum; from the majestic American Museum of Natural History to the head-scratching ...
Jan 02, 2012 |
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140 new species described by California Academy of Sciences in 2011
In 2011, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 140 new relatives to our family tree. The new species include 72 arthropods, 31 sea slugs, 13 fishes, 11 plants, nine sponges, three corals, ...
Dec 15, 2011 |
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