CNN — Fragments of a skull believed to have been that of composer Ludwig van Beethoven have been donated to a university in Austria after spending decades in the United States. The pieces of bone were donated to the Medical University of Vienna by American businessman Paul Kaufmann, who discovered them in a safety deposit box in a French bank …
Scientists have analysed five locks of what is believed to be Beethoven’s hair to sequence the genome of the prodigious composer. “If his alcohol consumption was sufficiently heavy over a long enough period of time, the interaction with his genetic risk factors presents one possible explanation for his cirrhosis.” The researchers say it is unlikely, based on the genomic data, …
Timeless Warmth at Tsinghua University Art Museum displays artworks from the collection of late German collector Peter Ludwig and his wife Irene. Exhibition at Tsinghua University pays tribute to collector patrons whose donations helped many view great works, Lin Qi reports. In November 1996, an exhibition opened at the National Art Museum of China, in Beijing, showing a collection of …