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Chemistry World
February 15, 2014
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Raman reveals Renoir's true colours Scientists have used Raman spectroscopy to show the original colors of a Renoir painting. By identifying a red dye that had been degraded by light they were able to digitally restore a faded background to its former glory. |
Chemistry World
February 15, 2011
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Worms' diet the key to coloured silk Scientists in Singapore have found out how to produce coloured silk based on the diet fed to silkworms. |
Chemistry World
August 24, 2011
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Chemists Dying to Uncover Historic Textiles' Secrets Researchers have developed a sensitive and simple technique for identifying the dyes used to colour textile artefacts. |
Chemistry World
June 26, 2014
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How the Pelican got its hue Pelican books were notable for that shade of blue veering towards turquoise, which chemists will recognize instantly as a copper pigment of some kind. |
Chemistry World
November 4, 2010
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Colourful 'green' polymers A new environmentally friendly concept in functionalising polymers allows coloured dye to be integrated directly into polymers that can be used in clothes and packaging, say UK scientists. |
Chemistry World
July 8, 2009
Lewis Brindley |
New solution for dye wastewater pollution Stopping chemical dye waste from polluting rivers and waterways could be much easier in future, thanks to a cheap and recyclable metal oxide cleaning system developed by researchers in the US and China. |
Chemistry World
April 29, 2013
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Food safety test for harmful dye It may soon be easier to protect consumers from dangerous condiments thanks to an electrochemical method developed by Chinese scientists that can spot the toxic azo dye, Orange II. |
Chemistry World
June 2006
Philip Ball |
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Lucire
September 21, 2004
Carolyn Enting |
You only live twice The words fashion, social conscience and environmental sustainability are not often seen in the same sentence but for australian designer gabriel scarvelli, it is the way forward for fashion and the future. |
BusinessWeek
February 24, 2011 |
Diane von Furstenberg on Returning to Fashion The iconic designer on building a company around a revamp of her signature piece -- the wrap dress. |
Technology Research News
January 14, 2004
Eric Smalley |
Nanoparticle dyes boost storage The idea of storing data in fluorescent dyes has been around for a while, and researchers have been trying to boost storage capacity by recording multiple bits of information in a single spot using several types of dye. A new solution to this problem uses layered nanoparticles. |
