cryogenics
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Woman Enters MRI Machine With a Gun, Gets Shot in Butt
A woman’s medical exam turned into a literal pain in the butt, thanks to a poorly placed firearm. An adverse event report sent to the Food and Drug Administration earlier this year details an alleged incident where the woman was shot in the right buttock by her own gun that was activated by a magnetic…
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New Lightweight Rocket Fuel Tank Ditches Metal for Carbon Fibre and Plastic
With the support of the European Space Agency, German aerospace company MT Aerospace has developed a unique design for a small-scale rocket fuel tank made of a carbon-fibre reinforced plastic. The tank can hold liquid hydrogen and oxygen without leaking and without the use of a metal liner.
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Delusional Head Transplant Doctor Claims He’ll Revive Frozen Brains In Three Years
An Italian neuroscientist who says he’s planning to perform the world’s first head transplant later this year has told a German magazine that he intends to thaw a cryogenically preserved brain and transplant it in a donor body within three years. It’s a preposterous claim given the current limitations of medical science, and a complete…
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These Are The First Puppies Ever Produced By In Vitro Fertilisation
In vitro fertilisation for humans has been around since the late 1970s, but the same can’t be said for our canine companions. But now, after decades of research, scientists have finally produced the first live, healthy puppies from frozen embryos.