Scientists hope a mix of artificial intelligence and human expertise will help decipher ancient scrolls carbonized by a ...

The Admonitions Scroll is one of the most important paintings in the world. It was originally painted by Gu Kaizhi (about AD 345?406), considered to be the father of classical Chinese figure painting.

birch bark scrolls and microorganisms on ancient books," says Yang Yuliang, head of the institute who is the former president of Fudan University and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.