Imaging and Analysis

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Got a lot of great data (and memories) from this @NikonMetrology scanner at @NHM_IAC. Fare thee well 😢

Will be some time before we can step through the doors @nhm_london again. 😥 Here's a Komodo dragon and giant salamander to keep us going. #MuseumFromHome

The @NHM_London was looking fairly glorious in the afternoon sunshine yesterday 🙌 Looks like it will be vacant for a while now... (in my mind the collections will 100% come to life and escape their display cases, drawers and cabinets whilst we're all at home...) 🦒🦏🦖🦅🦑🦋🐚🐾

#HeritageWorkshop « Bigger and bigger » Vincent Fernandez @vinfernand @NHM_IAC speaking about large #fossil and studies carried out at @esrfsynchrotron with #synchrotron microtomography LIVE ▶️ youtube.com/LightforScience

I am not on the surface of an asteroid, but I can feel very well the characteristic smell the CM chondrite I am working on for today. It's so distinctive and strong! ☄️ . . #preplab #spacerocks @NHM_IAC @NHM_Meteorites

@NHM_Fleas @dimitriforero Orrr we could take a 3D model of a collection specimen and print it in a larger form?

@dimitriforero We want @NHM_IAC to scan it and print is a portable one 😏

Wow, the flea model is fantastic!

Today it's training day. Learning how to use the new microprobe @NHM_IAC a JEOL 8530F. I am so excited!! :) :) #training #postdoc #microanalyses

Learnt lots dabbling in micro-CT, and enjoyed playing with molluscs for the first time in aaaaages on this cool paper nature.com/articles/s4159… with @Lauren_hSR @STWilliams_NHM @farahak and the @NHM_IAC !

Post lunch feels - anyone else get the afternoon slump after carb loading this #MusMeme day? #biodiversitynext #museums #naturalhistory

The paper is now available #openaccess in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta sciencedirect.com/science/articl…. The new dataset of Ivuna bulk chemical data produced @NHM_IAC and new average Ivuna bulk composition.

The paper also contains new dataset of Ivuna bulk chemical data produced @NHM_IAC and new average Ivuna bulk composition produced using new and previously published data after statistical treatment.

We’re set up to go! Come down to the Images of Nature Gallery by the Museum of the Moon and say hello. :)

Snapshot of #HeritageScience - video got a gasp! Amazing micro CT scanning of @britishmuseum rosary bead by @NHM_IAC as part of research by Art Gallery Ontario #internationalheritage

Fantastic to see the new cast of Mylodon darwinii being presented to the Charles Darwin museum. So excited that an output of the Darwin's Fossil Mammal project made it all the way to Argentina! @NHM_IAC @ariadnemaze @10Tackles

Dr Vincent Fernández @vinfernand from the @NHM_IAC and previously @esrfsynchrotron presenting the challenge of synchrotron scanning a 1.5m long Heterodontosaurus #ToScA19

Marvellous micrometeorite: found on a meteorite hunt in the Nubian desert, a speck of the cosmic dust spiralling into the Sun, containing exquisitely unusual Al-Cu-Fe alloy. Authors include Jon Spratt @NHM_IAC @NHM_Meteorites @NHM_London nature.com/articles/s4159…

3D-scanning a dinosaur is a big job. Recently a team from the Museum spent several days and nights working on a Mantellisaurus skeleton. @Tweetisaurus and @palaeojoe told us why they're sharing the data from this important dinsoaur. #MantelliScan nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/…

@NHM_Digitise @domgreves @SMT_Collections @Sketchfab It very much depends what you want to do!

@domgreves @SMT_Collections @Sketchfab It really depends what you are modelling and why - we are lucky to access to several kinds of kit via @NHM_IAC, who may have more thoughts on affordability vs functionality?

2D photograph not good enough for you? Check out this excellent 3D model of a potato 🥔 by @SMT_Collections in #3D, #VR or #AR skfb.ly/6My8M via @Sketchfab #PotatoDay #worldphotographyday

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