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ISH Director led UK heritage scientists to the Smithsonian Institution
ISH Director led UK heritage scientists to the Smithsonian Institution. 19 January 2016. Professor May Cassar, UCL ISH Director was invited by the Arts & Humanities Research Council to lead a transatlantic workshop in November 2015 on the theme of…
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Model can predict ‘shelf life’ for library collections
Model can predict ‘shelf life’ for library collections . 4 January 2016. Recent research from UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage has demonstrated how interdisciplinary environmental, material and values research led to a new paradigm in…
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Dr Katherine Curran hosts school student for research in the Lab
Dr Katherine Curran hosts school student for research in the Lab. 16 December 2015. In August 2015, Dr. Katherine Curran of UCL ISH hosted a school student, Aliyah Aslam in a placement organised by the Nuffield Foundation. Aliyah worked with…
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Celebrating the Science and Heritage Programme and 10 years of AHRC
Celebrating the Science and Heritage Programme and 10 years of AHRC. 16 December 2015. To mark 10 years of outstanding research, AHRC has created a brochure featuring UCL ISH’s Director Prof May Cassar. Read the brochure here: Celebrating the…
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Second International SEAHA Conference announced
Second International SEAHA Conference announced. 7 December 2015. We are pleased to announce that the 2nd International Conference on Science and Engineering in Arts, Heritage, and Archaeology (SEAHA) will be hosted by the University of Oxford on…
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Officials from BIS take tour of Heritage Science Lab
Officials from BIS take tour of Heritage Science Lab. 7 December 2015. Tim Higginson (Head NERC, ESRC, AHRC Sponsorship, Research Councils Unit) and Matthew Godwin (Political Research Assistant, Research Councils Unit) visited the UCL ISH Heritage…
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First projects using the Mobile Heritage Lab begin
First projects using the Mobile Heritage Lab begin. 3 December 2015. The first projects using the UK’s first Mobile Heritage Lab (MHL), a unique research and public engagement vehicle have started. The vehicle has already participated in several…
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Damage function for historic paper. Part II: Wear and tear
Damage function for historic paper. Part II: Wear and tear. 1 December 2015. Damage function for historic paper. Part II: Wear and tear. Heritage Science, 3 (1). Strlič, M., Grossi, C.M., Dillon, C., Bell, N., Fouseki, K., Brimblecombe, P, Thickett,…
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Damage function for historic paper. Part II: Wear and tear
Damage function for historic paper. Part II: Wear and tear. 1 December 2015. Damage function for historic paper. Part II: Wear and tear. Heritage Science, 3 (1). Strlič, M., Grossi, C.M., Dillon, C., Bell, N., Fouseki, K., Brimblecombe, P, Thickett,…
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Damage function for historic paper. Part III: Isochrones and demography of collections
Damage function for historic paper. Part III: Isochrones and demography of collections. 1 December 2015. Damage function for historic paper. Part III: Isochrones and demography of collections. Heritage Science, 3 (1). Strlič, M., Grossi, C.M.,…
UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage