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Katherine Bourzac

All Stories by Katherine Bourzac

  1. before and after daguerreotypes
    Chemistry

    How a particle accelerator helped recover tarnished 19th century images

    Chemists used a synchrotron to peek beneath 150 years of grime on damaged daguerreotype images, revealing hidden portraits.