Fragments from the brain of a man killed by the Mount Vesuvius eruption in the year 79 are smooth and shiny but still contain ...

To make glass from soft tissue the sequence of events must be exactly right. This is how experts think it went down ...

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A rare organic glass was found inside a skull from Herculaneum’s 79 CE Vesuvius eruption. Researchers determined that a super ...

If you've ever found yourself binge-listening to podcasts or devouring documentaries, you'd be surprised to know all the ...

"The cool thing is we don't have to create a little human, or a cat or mouse in a dish," he said. "We can build out discreet systems of brain cells and use them for the purpose we want. They're ...

A fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter, also called a pyroclastic flow, followed, burying the area. Experts ...

Photo: Pier Paolo Petrone Though human brain preservation is rare in ... “The ash cloud then dissipated and the brain could cool down quickly to ambient temperatures, transforming into glass.” ...

This is even more unlikely to happen to human tissues, because they are mostly made ... which topped out at around 465C. Then the brain needed to rapidly cool down -- and all this had to happen before ...

Forensic analysis of the obsidian-like chips revealed proteins common in brain tissue and fatty acids found in human hair ... and the liquid form must cool fast enough to avoid being crystallized ...