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The team also found that artifacts treated with the liquifying gels better maintained their cellular structure and were less brittle than those treated with the solid gels.

Working with a conservator, Johnson said in a phone interview, “is necessary when there is damage, but it is important generally to assure that the collection is well maintained.”

The US has long maintained a deliberately ambiguous policy towards the island, declining to recognise its independence but maintaining informal relations with its government.

He said the facility has “maintained the supervision, staffing and resources necessary to provide timely and vital health and safety information to those asking us to perform tests throughout the current outbreak of avian flu.”

So, even if the anemone became smaller after an injury, it maintained the same shape.