{"id":192950,"date":"2026-03-05T05:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/umd-entomologist-helps-bring-the-worlds-ant-diversity-to-life-in-3d-imagery\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T05:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:25:12","slug":"umd-entomologist-helps-bring-the-worlds-ant-diversity-to-life-in-3d-imagery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/umd-entomologist-helps-bring-the-worlds-ant-diversity-to-life-in-3d-imagery\/","title":{"rendered":"UMD entomologist helps bring the world\u2019s ant diversity to life in 3D imagery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/news-releases\/1118004\">UMD entomologist helps bring the world\u2019s ant diversity to life in 3D imagery<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/news-releases\/1118004\">https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/news-releases\/1118004<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-05 05:13:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.eurekalert.org\">www.eurekalert.org<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Evan Economo\u2019s lab, along with Thomas van de Kamp and a team from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, has dramatically increased the efficiency of scanning insect specimens using a combination of a synchrotron particle accelerator, X-ray scanning, robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and the developed workflow called Antscan.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The new techniques reduced the scanning time of 2,000 specimens to just one week, compared to the six years it would take with traditional methods.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The Antscan project aimed to create high-resolution 3D models of internal structures of 800 different ant species, revealing an array of anatomical details like muscles, nervous systems, and gastrointestinal tracts.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The project is set to serve as a blueprint for digitizing the morphologies of other species, not just ants, contributing to what Economo terms as a &#8220;living library&#8221; 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