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November 3, 2015
The aging behavior and its resulting effect on the appearance of some modern works of art are sometimes more mysterious for scientists to understand than objects which are...
November 3, 2015
The Yale Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage (IPCH) and conservators and curators from the Yale University Gallery of Art (YUAG) are working together on a...
The numbers represent regions of interest automatically identified for analysis by size and brightness before and after exhibition
October 26, 2015
Paul Messier, Head of the Lens Media Lab (LML), was recently quoted in a New York Times article entitled, New Light on Old Photos. The article discusses daguerreotypes, their...
October 20, 2015
The Yale Daily News reports: As part of an initiative to promote the study of Native American languages, Yale began offering Choctaw language instruction this fall. The...
October 19, 2015
A project being overseen by Dr. Paul Whitmore, director of the Aging Diagnostics Lab of IPCH, and being studied in collaboration with the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural...
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October 8, 2015
Mes Aynak, Afghanistan, is the location of an ancient settlement that also contains remnants of 5,00-year-old Buddhist Statues. It’s location on the Silk Road meant...