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Vue d'une partie de la barge gallo-romaine LSG4 du musée Lugdunum de Lyon, (2e siècle après JC), après son traitement au Polyethylene Glycol. Photo: arc-nucleart.fr/ Les neutrons aident des chercheurs dans la découverte d’une nouvelle approche qui empêche les …

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…