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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

created May 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Digging up evidence of 400-year-old global trade and wealth

French and Chinese blue glass, Dutch layered glass, Baltic amber: roughly 70,000 beads manufactured all over the world have been excavated at one of the Spanish empire's remotest outposts, the Santa Catalina ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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LG presents large-screen cinema 3D Smart TV line-up

LG Electronics unveiled an entourage of 3D excitement at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Led by the 55-inch 3D OLED TV and the 84-inch 3D Ultra Definition (UD) TV, LG will present a wide ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Proteins in focus: Adjustable protein microlenses made by femtosecond laser direct writing

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether it's right under our nose or far away, when we observe an object we see it—provided we have healthy eyes and normal vision or suitable glasses—in focus. For this to work, ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A galaxy cluster gets sloshed

(PhysOrg.com) -- Like wine in a glass, vast clouds of hot gas are sloshing back and forth in Abell 2052, a galaxy cluster located about 480 million light years from Earth. X-ray data (blue) from NASA's Chandra ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover why buttercups reflect yellow on chins

Scientists have found that the distinctive glossiness of the buttercup flower (Ranunculus repens), which children like to shine under the chin to test whether their friends like butter, is related to its un ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

LRO observes final lunar eclipse of the year

(PhysOrg.com) -- Orbiting 31 miles above the lunar surface, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft will get a "front-row seat" to the total lunar eclipse on Dec. 10, 2011.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Parkinson's & dance: An unusual partnership unites

(AP) -- The two things that have brought Michael and Roslyn Lieb closer together couldn't be more different: Parkinson's disease and dance, one slowly taking away, the other giving back in ways they never ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Iowa State's METaL lab develops multiple ways to experience virtual reality

Iowa State University doctoral students Leif Berg and Ryan Pavlik handed over a Wii Remote and a pair of 3-D glasses.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Dawn soars over asteroid Vesta in 3-D

Glide over the giant asteroid Vesta with NASA's Dawn spacecraft in a new 3-D video.  Dawn has been orbiting Vesta since July 15, obtaining high-resolution images of its bumpy, cratered surface and making ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Listening to the stars

It is almost night on the island of Puerto Rico. Astronomer Joanna Rankin raises her head toward the sky. A few of the brightest stars shine through blue cracks in a ragged dome of gray clouds. To her back, ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Paper uncovers power of Foldit gamers' strategies

Researchers studying the nature of crowds playing Foldit called some strategies "shocking" in how well they mimicked some of the methods already used by protein scientists.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 7 | with audio podcast


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