Cryopreservation, or preserving biological tissue by cooling it to subzero temperatures, may bring to mind works of science fiction. Yet, researchers have been working on this technology for nearly ...
In the quest to live forever, scientists have explored all kinds of unusual avenues. Cryopreservation is a popular talking point, but we humans and our delicate cells don’t deal well with freezing.
Stories about humans waking up from cryosleep have dominated popular culture for decades in the Alien films, Cameron’s Avatar, and Nolan’s Interstellar. While these films are out there, space- and ...