“Vitreous” brain cells found in a victim of the eruption of… – AlKhaleej Today

Scientists have found preserved brain cells in the remains of a young man who died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, as brain cells turned to glass after being exposed to a torrent of hot ash.
The structure of the brain cells is still visible in the black glass material found in the mans skull. This new discovery of this structure, reported in a report published on October 2 in the journal PLOS ONE, adds to the accumulated evidence that this glassy substance is indeed part of a mans …

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