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Discovering a new side of fossils with CT scanning

Paleontologists at UChicago are increasingly using high-tech imaging techniques to study ancient fossils.

Paleontologists at the University of Chicago are increasingly using high-tech imaging techniques to study ancient fossils. In 2014, a CT scanner was installed in the basement of Culver Hall on the Hyde Park campus, and now researchers use it to see inside fossilized rock to create 3D images of delicate specimens that would otherwise be inaccessible.

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