Leonardo da Vinci is well-known for his experiments with the substances used in the ground and base composition of pain…
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Design & Architecture
The Secrets of the “Night Watch”: Something Unexpected Discovered in Rembrandt’s Painting
Thanks to advancements in cutting-edge technology, scientists now find it easier to hunt for unexpected surprises in the chemical composition of “The Night Watch” (1642). Recently, a team of researchers…
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Turkish researchers have uncovered the formula for an ancient Mesopotamian perfume during excavations in Ashur, the capital of ancient Assyria, located in modern-day Iraq. In the second millennium BCE, the…
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Two Czechoslovak chemists were engaged in a challenging task—analyzing how the chemical composition of corn kernels varied from different ears of corn. When the samples were burned and the ash…
