etching
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The team used an acid etching technique that requires only very small amounts of material to recover molecular information from six Homo erectus teeth while leaving the shape of the fossils intact.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Read: There have been updates over time, but the original glass etching featuring a mythical unicorn remains on a window in the study.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
The event includes Woman with an Arm Tattoo, an etching depicting Sue Tilley, and runs until 13 September.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
In an 1803 etching and aquatint with watercolor by Thomas Daniell, we see Gangaram absorbed in sketching wall reliefs of Shiva and Parvati from a rock-cut cave at Ellora.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Then my fingers felt something that my eyes missed: a maze of grooves etching the surface of the bars.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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He did etchings, lithographs, even stained glass windows - equally at home working with the grandeur of opera design and the intimacy of pen and ink.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
The etchings were all created using Blake's own "illuminated printing" technique.
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
There’s a stunning group of watercolors, seemingly breathed onto the paper, by Joseph Mallord William Turner, fragile etchings by Whistler and dazzling, light-struck waterside scenes by Sargent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2025
The Wall Street Journal published an editor’s note walking back its reporting, noting that Cox’s description of the etchings included no references to the transgender community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025
Its smooth surface held etchings of the constellations.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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