To Save Soldiers on The Battlefield, Darpa Invests in Suspended Animation
Technology An active battlefield is a really inconvenient place to lose a lot of blood. But naturally that's exactly where soldiers sustain the bulk of their life-threatening injuries,… An active...
View ArticleTED Talk: Mark Roth Says Suspended Animation Could Soon Be a Reality
Science It used to be that suspended animation was only for people heading to Planet LV-426, and former Red Sox players. But Mark Roth, a researcher at Fred Hutchinson Cancer… It used to be that...
View ArticleTiny Buckyballs Could Put Fast-Spreading Cancer Cells into Suspended Animation
Science But their effect in normal cells may prove toxic for the body Adorable buckyballs can act as soccer-ball-shaped molecular cages to deliver designer drugs or even radioactive particles to...
View ArticleHow It Works: Putting Humans In Suspended Animation
Science A new human trial will chill gunshot victims to keep them alive "Suspended animation" -- literally putting life on hold -- has long been a medical dream. (The preferred scientific term for the...
View ArticleSuspended Animation In Space Travel: What Scientists Still Need To Learn
Space Human hibernation could be a great way to get to Mars (and beyond), but a few big questions remain. The first astronauts who head off to Mars might make the entire 180-day journey while they’re...
View ArticleThe Week In Numbers: Secret Robot Space Planes, Elephant Weathermen, And...
10: Percent of people who are frightened of needles. They could benefit from a new technology which may make injections pain-free. 6: Episodes in the first season of a new…
View ArticleSuspended Animation Gets Real
Health This history of people-freezing, in one nifty timeline. Surgeons and sci-fi writers have long explored the idea of chilling humans in order to save them. Now emergency preservation and...
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