The Heritage Science Laboratory at the University of Ljubljana has just made one more step on the path of sensory analysis of cultural heritage. The installation of an Olfactory Port from GLSciences as an additional detector on a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry instrument will improve the characterisation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Smell samples of cultural heritage [...]

David Ribar, associated with the HSLL team, is masters student at the Faculty of chemistry and chemical technology, University of Ljubljana. His bachelor thesis ''Development of a reverse-phase chromatographic separation model based upon Hansen solubility parameters'', completed under the mentorship of prof. dr. Irena Kralj Cigić, earned him the prestigious Krka award for student research [...]

As part of an excellent group effort in collaboration with the Museum of London and the UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage, the doctoral student Tjaša Rijavec, presented her research on the Trump Baby Blimp at Futuretalks 21. The blimp is made of PVC, which is a modern material prone to degradation, which is the subject [...]