Tanous, chairman of Lynx Investment Advisory, and Stephen Moore, founder of the conservative Club for Growth and former chief economist at the Heritage Foundation, both of whom gave the administration high marks. Moore’s laudatory book, Trumponomics, coauthored by economist Arthur Laffer, was handed out and eagerly received at the cocktail reception that followed.
by Rick Mullin | February 06, 2019
The ship and its artifacts are now kept at the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth, England, but conservators face a battle of their own—preserving the ship’s oak timbers from decay. At the American Chemical Society national meeting in August, Serena Corr of the University of Sheffield explained how she is using nanotechnology to help save the Mary Rose.
by Mark Peplow, special to C&EN | January 27, 2019
“It is interesting that plumbonacrite was found in the impasto layer only,” says Rebecca Ploeger, an expert in art conservation science at Buffalo State who was not involved in the research. Litharge oil dries faster than many other binders, she says, and can therefore be used to quickly form impasto layers.
by Bethany Halford | January 10, 2019
Symposia topics include: “Chemistry and Transportation,” “Art Conservation Science,” “Cosmetic Chemistry”, “Feedstock and Energy Related Catalysis,” “Polymer and Colloid Science”, “Materials for Advanced Separations,” “Chemical Tools for Investigating Biology,” and “Safety in the Undergraduate Curriculum.”
by Linda Wang | January 07, 2019
Cici Zhang: That’s Mark Ormsby, a conservation scientist at the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park, Maryland. And he’s showing us a pretty precious, historic piece of paper. He’s studying it to understand how paper degrades and which pieces of paper are at risk of degrading most quickly.
by Cici Zhang | December 16, 2018
Exposure to sulfur dioxide pollution and acid rain extensively damaged the bronze statue, and it was recently relocated to the Vigeland Museum’s courtyard for conservation. But assessing the damage to the sculpture is complicated because bronze in outdoor urban environments typically degrades into two types of basic copper (II) sulfates: brochantite [Cu4SO4(OH)6], and antlerite [Cu3SO4(OH)4].
by Bethany Halford | October 14, 2018
Indeed, he raised multitasking to the level of art form. He was enormously productive in his research pursuits, which ranged from the basic (nuclear quadrupole resonance spectroscopy) to the applied (rocket propellants). He trained 45 graduate students and published more than 300 papers, plus six books. He also held professorships in the departments of art conservation and chemical engineering. He enjoyed hiking, running, canoeing, and mountain climbing. He was, truly, a ‘man for all seasons.’ ”—John L. Burmeister, friend and colleague Most recent title: Emeritus professor of chemistry, University of Delaware Education: B.S., chemistry, University of Montana, 1966; Ph.D., chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 1970 Survivors: Wife, Patricia; daughter, Barbara; son, Russell; three grandchildren To recognize your late loved one or colleague, submit obituary information at cenm.ag/obits.
by Linda Wang | October 12, 2018
According to Guillaume Fau, the chief conservator at BnF, the notebooks are indeed there. They are separate from the general Pasteur donation, he says, because the library’s classification system is by provenance. “They have not been digitized yet,” Fau adds, “because the amount of collections to digitize is enormous at the BnF, and we do this little by little.”
by Bethany Halford | September 30, 2018