Almería potters tailored clay, glazes and colorants by function
A multi-method study of medieval Almería pottery shows that craftspeople selected and modified local clays, firing methods and glaze recipes ...
Tag: petrography
How Victorian geologists cracked Cornwall’s mysterious slab of ancient ocean crust
A new historical review traces how nineteenth-century geologists, from Majendie and Sedgwick to Bonney and his microscope, slowly unraveled the ...
How a Smithsonian Scientist’s Century-Old Chondrule Studies Still Shape Solar System Science
A new historical review examines how Smithsonian meteoriticist George Perkins Merrill's early twentieth-century petrographic analyses of chondrules and chondrite metamorphism ...
Hidden Beneath Bangladesh’s Sediments, a 27-Metre Slice of Ancient Crust Comes to Light
Petrographic analysis of drill core GDH-62 reveals granodiorite basement cut by a hornblende-rich appinite dyke, linking northwest Bangladesh to Paleoproterozoic ...
Roman Baths in Tunisia Reveal Sophisticated Hydraulic Engineering Through Their Stones and Mortars
A multi-analytical study of the Roman Winter Baths at Thuburbo Majus reveals deliberate stone selection, advanced hydraulic mortar technology, and ...
Migrant potters carried secret Mississippian recipes to Tampa Bay centuries ago
Chemical and microscopic analysis of Tampa Bay pottery shows that migrant artisans from the Mississippian heartland made decorated vessels locally ...
Neutron Scattering Reveals How Medieval Utrecht Potters Shaped Their Wares
A multi-analytical study of medieval pottery wasters from Utrecht reveals how potters between the 12th and 15th centuries combined local ...
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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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