Conservation techniques are actually in a continual state of evolution. When the NPM and National Tsing Hua University in 1976 jointly formulated a Chinese Cultural Artifact Research Project, they chose to use the highly flexible neutron activation system to do a systematic analysis and study of bronzes and porcelains.
事實上，古文物修護技術還在一直演進中，故宮於 1976 年和國立清華大學共同擬定「中國文物研究計畫」，採靈敏度甚高的「中子活化法」，對銅、瓷器做有系統的分析研究。