Year: 2023

Heritage scientists can now accurately date historical paper using just infrared light and complex computational analysis. In a piece of research published in the top-tier Journal of the American Chemical Society, the post-doctoral researcher dr. Floriana Coppola and colleagues have shown that exceptional dating accuracy is possible of only 2 years – this is not …

Breakthrough: NIR and Machine Learning for Dating of Historical Books Read More »

Please join us at the invited talk to be held by Dr. Abdelrazek Elnaggar, Senior Research Counsellor at the Heritage Science Lab, at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Art on 13. April 2023 at 03.30 pm, lecture hall 325. The title is Saint Abu Macarius Al-Asakandarani Monastery in Fayoum (Egypt): History, challanges and opportunities for haritage site managment. The lecture will be …

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The exhibition “Up close” was set up at the Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana from 22. December 2022 until 16. April 2023, which showed preservation, protection, and conservation of modern and contemporary art works: Exhibition | Up close: Preservation, Protection and Conservation-Restoration of Modern and Contemporary Works of Art | MG+MSUM (mg-lj.si) The exhibition …

“Up close” at Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana Read More »

HSLL delegates Professor Dr Matija Strlič, Professor Dr Abdelrazek Elnaggar and Dr Hassan Ebeid, visited the Ain Shams University (Egypt) last week for a high-profile meeting with Professor Dr Mohamed Ayman Saleh, the Vice President of for Postgraduate Studies and Research, and the German delegation of Philipps-University Marburg, the Gotha Library, and the Halle Library, in …

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In the article published in Chemistry World, titled The smell of history (16 January 2023), the journalist Nina Notman discusses the challenges of understanding, preservation and recreation of smells of historic and heritage objects, such as books or perhaps “potica”, the typical Slovenian cake.   The smell of historic books is one of the most easily recognisable smells …

Interview with HSLL Lead in Chemistry World Read More »

Researchers at the Heritage Science Laboratory Ljubljana (HSLL) of the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, researchers at University College London (UCL) and conservators at the Museum of London have collaborated in interdisciplinary research in the field of heritage science, studying the stability and risk of displaying the 6-metre high and 3-metre wide polyvinyl chloride …

Preserving the inflatable Trump baby blimp Read More »