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The rough process (as described in the article): - infuse organ with ferrous and 'cryoprotective' ('agents that serve as a kind of antifreeze') nanoparticles
by OJFord 3y ago
The rough process (as described in the article):
- infuse organ with ferrous and 'cryoprotective' ('agents that serve as a kind of antifreeze') nanoparticles
- cool it 24 deg C per minute (to an unspecified temperature)
- defrost by 'nanowarming': magnetic field excites the ferrous infusion, heating it uniformly
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With an application to defrosting iron-rich meals at home?
- AstralStorm 3y agoWith an application to cryonics and transplantology. Transplant handling would be so much easier if the organs could be held on ice safely for long time - a lot of organs are wasted because they cannot reach the destination, even if expensively air transported. Or there's no matching person to accept the organ at the moment. As for cryonics, well, perhaps everyone frozen now is screwed because this tech cannot be applied retroactively heh.
- OJFord 3y agoOf course, that's the application presented here, I suppose I should have said 'another'. I was just (semi-jokingly/ridiculously) thinking about home (or commercial, but for food) freezers and defrosting food as soon as it mentioned warming without damaging cell structure/tissue, which can have a big impact on especially the texture of frozen food we eat too.