Researchers found organic glass in the skull of a volcano victim, indicating the extreme and unique environment triggered by ...

A rare sequence of heating and cooling triggered the chain of chemical reactions that turn organic material into glass.

When volcanic disaster struck the Roman city of Herculaneum in 79 CE, a young man, believed to have been a guardian of a public building, met his demise in a flash of superheated ash. But his brain ...

It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of ...

A deadly ash cloud preserved the man's brain as glass for thousands of years.

Scientists made the surprise discovery while examining the body of a man who was killed in the ancient city of Herculaneum ...

Archaeologists have discovered vitrified brain tissue in a young man who perished during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 ...

Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD, covering nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash which buried the towns and hundreds of its ...

Paintings, wallpapered rooms, cabinets of curiosities, handmade books — immersive Owens has it all over immersive van Gogh in ...

A man, thought to be the custodian of a religious group, was believed to be in his bed asleep, when a super-hot ash cloud hit ...

The famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius that wiped out Pompeii and Herculaneum created a super-heated ash cloud that turned one ...

“Here we demonstrate that material with glassy appearance found within the skull of a seemingly male human body entombed ...