10 Sep 2018
Bringing salvaged wooden ships and artefacts back to life with ‘smart’ nanotech
By Staff Writer
Thousands of shipwrecks litter the seafloor all over the world, preserved in sediments and cold water. But when one of these ships is brought up from the depths, the wood quickly starts deteriorating. Scientists report a new way to use “smart” nanocomposites to conserve a 16th-century British warship, the Mary Rose, and its artefacts. The new...
