Russian scientists have identified the components of the oldest bitumen sample to be found in an ancient vase and made an accurate estimate of its age. In their article in the Journal of Mass ...

The scientists used mass spectrometry to date the bitumen MIPT Russian archaeologists have discovered an ancient Greek urn full of dense bitumen in the Taman Peninsula on the Black Sea. A ...

A research team at the University of Cordoba has identified, for the first time, the composition of a Roman perfume more than 2,000 years old thanks to the discovery of a small vessel of ointment in ...

Praj Industries, one of India’s leading industrial biotech companies, has developed innovative technology to produce bio-bitumen based on lignin. The Netherlands-based Circular Biobased Delta, one of ...

The durability of asphalt depends crucially on bitumen - the black binder that holds the small stones in the asphalt together. As the bitumen ages, it can change its properties and become brittle, ...

Scientists have used mass spectrometry to analyze bitumen samples from an ancient Greek amphora found on the Taman peninsula. Judging by the level of oxygen in the sample, they managed to accurately ...