New DNA analysis of the charred victims of the Pompeii disaster in 79AD has rewritten history about some of the doomed town’s ...

Audience” showcases approximately 400 plaster cast sculptures made of wicker baskets and cornucopias, each with a motorized ...

Genetic material has uncovered the sex and relationships of some of the most iconic victims of the Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD ...

An in vivo experimental study was performed of the temperatures produced by a setting plaster cast using hot and cold water. The results confirmed a statistical difference in the temperatures reached ...

A mixture of wax or plaster was placed over Napoleon's face and removed after the form had hardened. From this impression, subsequent copies were cast. Much mystery and controversy surrounds the ...

The various emblems are then assembled onto a casting tree, with extra sprues added to improve metal flow with wax and further PLA parts. The investment mold is then created with plaster ...

Plaster casts could become a thing of the past thanks to a new technique which locks broken bones together. The procedure, developed by orthopaedic surgeons, could also avoid scarring of the skin ...

In bronze casting, the material is molten before entering the mold. In plaster casting, the plaster is soft before hardening in the form. Casting glass requires the material heat and cool ...

"We were getting work from as far away as Scotland," he told RNZ's Afternoons. "They were emailing us photos and measurements of trout and because I had an extensive range of moulds, which was sort of ...

"They were emailing us photos and measurements of trout and because I had an extensive range of moulds, which was sort of a step up from the plaster casts. "I could produce pretty much any size of ...