a volcanic eruption turned a human brain into glass

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How a volcanic eruption turned a human brain into glass
Fragments from the brain of a man killed by the Mount Vesuvius eruption in the year 79 are smooth and shiny but still contain visible neurons.
Volcano eruption turns man's brain to glass with explosive heatwave
Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD, covering nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash which buried the towns and hundreds of its residents which left them perfectly preserved
Archaeologists reveal brain turned to glass in 500C 'ash cloud' from Pompeii volcano eruption
The research team used X-ray imaging and electron microscopy work out that the brain must have been heated to at least 510C before cooling rapidly. The pyroclastic flow is believed to have reached temperatures up to 465C, so the glass substance wouldn't have formed from this alone.
A young man’s brain turned to glass during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Scientists say they have figured out how
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago turned a victim’s brain tissue into glass. Scientists say they have figured out how this unusual phenomenon occurred.
Human brain turned into glass by 1,950-year-old volcanic eruption, scientists stunned
A rare form of dark-colored organic glass formed when an intense ash cloud superheated the individual’s brain before it rapidly cooled.
‘Brain vitrification’: new research shows how the Vesuvius eruption turned a man’s brain to glass
A young man killed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE was likely overcome by a fast-moving cloud of gas at a temperature of more than 500°C in a process that transformed fragments of his brain into glass,

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