The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 was a seminal moment in 20th century history, paving the way for German reunification. Many segments, both large and small, were preserved for ...

The approach indicated that the Berlin Wall paint chips contained titanium white and up to 75% of pigment, depending on the piece analyzed and according with the color tone. The researchers say these ...

The researchers also found plumbonacrite, lead oxide, and another basic lead carbonate called shannonite in samples from the Last Supper, which suggests that Leonardo used a similar priming method ...

Beautiful white wall paint does not stay beautiful and white forever. Often, various substances from the air accumulate on its surface. This can be a desired effect because it makes the air ...

In this way, the pollutants are rendered harmless, but do not remain permanently attached to the wall paint. The wall colour remains stable in the long term. In practice, however, this is of little ...

And while half of a tin of paint is made of PLFs, only 2% of waste paint is currently recycled or reused – the rest is either burned or sent to landfill. The Royal Society of Chemistry is working with ...

Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the discovery of quasicrystals,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced.

The "chemical hearth," dating back to the 1820s, was unearthed by workers doing renovations on the Rotunda at the University of Virginia. It is thought to be one of very few such labs still surviving.

Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the discovery of quasicrystals,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced.