X-ray Diffraction Method Used to Examine Collagen in the Brain, Heart, and T. rex Fossils

Sunday, July 22, 2018 - 08:40 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A laboratory at the Illinois Institute of Technology is using fiber diffraction to examine tissue structures in the human brain and heart, as well as in T. rex fossils. Few researchers use this type of X-ray diffraction because of the time and labor required to complete experiments, the researchers have resolved images of the fine threads of collagen fibrils in connective, neurological and dinosaur tissues to one-billionth of a meter. During the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Crystallographic Association, they will explain their work.

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