Materials

What must we consider when choosing the ideal materials for sample preparation?

Peptide mass fingerprinting confirms sheepskin was the material of choice for historical legal documents – and reveals interesting details as to why…

How multispectral imaging is revealing artists’ technical secrets and aiding cultural heritage conservation

Researchers invent new optical technique to nondestructively analyze the nanoscale nature of nacre

Could fossilized resin be the antidote to antibiotic resistance?

How lipid residue analysis is revealing our ancient connections with honeybee exploitation

Unraveling encounters on bygone battlefields with fencing (and X-rays)

Alternatives to environment-damaging paint additives may come from an unlikely source: the beauty of bugs.

Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour of the Netherlands Institute for Conservation, Art and Science

Precious metals from the 17th century shipwreck yield their secrets to XRF and SEM.