Folium was used to illustrate illuminated manuscripts—and color the rind of a popular Dutch cheese. Courtesy of Paula Nabais / NOVA University In southern Portugal, an unassuming, silvery plant with ...
YInMn Blue, the brilliant pigment discovered in 2009 at an Oregon State University lab, is finally making its way to artists’ studios. The pigment—which is the first new blue discovered in 200 ...
Cerulean, azure, navy, royal … Much has been written about the color blue, the first human-made pigment. "Because blue contracts, retreats, it is the color of transcendence, leading us away in pursuit ...
A team of scientists in Germany has found a new, biomedical, use for a pigment invented by the Ancient Egyptians by turning it into nano-sized particles. Egyptian Blue is one of the oldest manmade ...
An accidental discovery has apparently solved a quest that over thousands of years has absorbed the energies of ancient Egyptians, the Han dynasty in China, Mayan cultures and more -- the creation of ...
Lightning first struck Mas Subramanian over 15 years ago. When he and his graduate student Andrew Smith put a mixture of rather mundane powders into the lab oven at Oregon State University, the pair ...
This story was originally published by Inside Science News Service. (ISNS) -- An ancient Egyptian pigment -- apparently humanity's first artificial pigment -- could soon find new life-enabling modern ...