AI Learns to Read Tangut Script by Decoding How Characters Are Built
Researchers at Ningxia University have developed SPMTNet, a structural-prior-guided multi-task AI framework that recognizes Tangut characters by learning their internal ...
Tag: heritage science
Acid-Loving Microbes Are Rewriting the Chemistry of Europe’s Fading Manuscripts
Researchers show that acidophilic fungi and bacteria drive the formation, dissolution, and movement of jarosite crystals that fade iron gall ...
Ancient Chinese Pagodas Are Being Eaten Away by Acid-Producing Microbial Biofilms
Researchers found that nitrifying microbial biofilms on thousand-year-old dark-brick pagodas in Leshan, China, may drive acidification that weakens the ancient ...
AI Network Learns to Spot Faint Damage on Ancient Murals
Researchers have developed MuHP-DLNet, a multi-stage deep learning network with a damage-aware dynamic loss that improves the detection and segmentation ...
Decoding Mongolian Patterns: New Framework Tracks Ornament Structure Across Materials and Into Virtual Reality
Researchers have built a structural parameterisation framework that captures Mongolian ornamental patterns across different material carriers and validated it through ...
Computer Vision Puts a Song Dynasty Masterpiece to the Authenticity Test
A multidimensional computer vision framework measuring aspect ratio, ink coverage, and fractal boundary complexity finds that the disputed Song Dynasty ...
Deformed 1834 British Sixpence Reveals Rare Evidence of Minting Anomaly
Non-destructive microscopy, chemical analysis and 3D surface measurements indicate that a severely deformed 1834 William IV silver sixpence was most ...
Ice Age Artists Turned Mammoth Tusk Growth Patterns into Unique Engravings
A new study of 18,000-year-old mammoth-ivory Venus figurines from Mizyn in Ukraine shows that Ice Age carvers deliberately incorporated the ...
Ancient Stone Found in the Mouth of a Warring States Skeleton Rewrites Burial Riddles
A differential bioarchaeological assessment of a stone object found inside the mouth of a Warring States-period Qin burial in China ...
Ancient Lacquer Boxes From China’s Early Han Dynasty Reveal Their Secrets Under the Laboratory Spotlight
A multi-analytical study of early Western Han dynasty lacquer boxes from Chongqing, China, reveals the materials and craftsmanship behind ancient ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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