Artificial 'Nose' Sniffs Out Pollution to Protect Disney Art on International Tour
Monday, March 14, 2016 - 06:00
in Earth & Climate
When original drawings and sketches from Walt Disney Animation Studio's more than 90-year history traveled internationally last summer, conservators had the opportunity to monitor the artwork with a new state-of-the-art sensor. A team of researchers developed a super-sensitive artificial "nose," customized specifically to detect pollutants before they could irreversibly damage the artwork. The researchers report on their efforts at the 251st National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society.