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Once we know that vitrified brain tissue is a thing we can look out for, it's possible that we'll start finding more examples of this currently unique process, Mann said.

Only material containing some liquid can turn to glass, meaning that the bones could not have vitrified.

The plant will vitrify much of the 56 million gallons of radioactive and hazardous chemical waste in underground tanks, some filled with waste as early as the 1940s.

Last October, the first of two melters used to actually vitrify the waste became active, with the second melter scheduled to launch this spring.

Only one previous study successfully rewarmed and transplanted a vitrified organ in any animal, and the rabbit kidney in question had been vitrified for roughly 10 minutes—and it performed poorly after transplantation.