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New iron-flecked gel is used to remove centuries of grime from paintings

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 4, 2007 1:05 PM CDT

(Newser) – Italian researchers have solved an age-old problem of painting conservation with new technology: magnets. Restorers use special gels to work on small areas of a canvas, but removing them has remained a delicate operation that can damage the artwork. Now, Nature reports, chemists at the...   Read full story »

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