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#synchrotron
#Antscan
Potential applications of this technology are very exciting.

Antscan species 3D images

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#Antscan is an impressive, free, user-friendly database of accurate 3D assisted images of ant species across the globe.

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Scientists Are Using a Particle Accelerator to 3D Scan Entire Ants — And the Results Are Stunning Researchers at Europe's most powerful synchrotron facility are 3D scanning thousands of ant s...

#EmergingTechUpdate #3D #scanning #insects #ant #taxonomy […]

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High-throughput phenomics of global ant biodiversity - Nature Methods Antscan is a publicly accessible database of synchrotron X-ray CT images of ants. The database covers almost 800 species from more than 200 genera and is coordinated with genome sequencing projects th...

Really cool! Check out this amazing resource for ant research.🐜 A huge collaborative effort by ant researchers worldwide!
#ants #antscan #OpenScience

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5-Mar-2026
Reconstructing the world’s ant diversity in 3D
#Antscan provides open access to high-resolution micro-CT scans of 800 different ant species and a revolutionary blueprint for large-scale digitization of small organisms.

^^^ I now have visions of new kinds of #cyberattacks, where […]