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This February, the world’s leading experts in ancient materials research convened in Paris for the World Meeting on Heritage, Sciences and Technologies. For Loïc Bertrand, director of the IPANEMA laboratory and co-organiser of the event, the meeting is yet another sign of the renewal of the discipline.
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