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Ancient archaeological wooden artefacts begin to degrade as soon as they leave the waterNanoparticle treatments proven to help prevent thousands of years of human history from disappearingThe new method will pave the way for better preservation of ships from millennia agoResearchers at the Institu…

Centuries-old works of art can be damaged when solvents are used to remove varnish on paintings during the restoration process – the 20th century is said to have the largest number of damaged paintings as a result of deliberate restorationNew research uses neutrons to examine how solvents penetrate the varnish of a painting – studying the precise varnishing used for most restoration efforts since…