Monthly Archives: June 2020

Spanish baroque painting ruined by amateur restoration

Image copyright Europa Press Screenshot Two attempts were made to ‘restore’ Murillo’s original painting A private art collector in Spain was stunned by the failed restoration of a painting by Baroque artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. The Valencia-based collector paid € 1,200 ($ 1,355; £ 1,087) to be cleaned by a …

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Research on land plants shows that nanoplastics accumulate in tissues.

A graph showing roots and root hairs that absorb nanoplastics. At the bottom are pieces of plastic waste. Credit: UMass Amherst / Xing Laboratory, Handong University / Yuan and Wang Laboratories As concern among environmentalists and consumers about micro and nanoplastics in oceans and shellfish grows, they are increasingly being …

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