Researchers found organic glass in the skull of a volcano victim, indicating the extreme and unique environment triggered by Vesuvius's eruption in 79 CE.

A brain transmuted into glass by the famous volcano should have been impossible. Some scientists say it still is.

A cloud of super-heated volcanic ash and gas exploded the brain of one Herculaneum resident and the fragments inside his skull became an extremely rare organic glass ...

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

The hard skull and spine of the man—whose remains archeologists found still in his bed in the town of Herculaneum—likely protected the brain from complete thermal breakdown, allowing fragments to form ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A unique dark-colored organic glass found in the skull of a victim from the 79 CE Mount Vesuvius eruption likely formed when a super-heated ash cloud rapidly ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius produced such a hot ash cloud that it turned victims' brains into glass, according to a new study. Researchers have unearthed a piece of dark-coloured organic glass ...

Scientists say they have worked out the sequence of events that likely killed the victim and led to the formation of the unique and puzzling glass ...

A HUNK of dark-coloured glass found inside the skull of an individual who died during the Mount Vesuvius eruption may actually be a fossilised brain, researchers have revealed. Glass rarely forms ...

The extreme and rapid nature of Mount Vesuvius' pyroclastic flows vitrified the brain tissue of the unfortunate Roman soldier thousands of years ago.

The victim’s skull and spine likely protected the brain from complete destruction, allowing the glass to form. To reach the findings, Giordano and his colleagues systematically cooled and heated ...