Her company, Promessa, is developing a process that uses liquid nitrogen and ultrasound to transform corpses into freeze-dried chunks that can be plowed easily into a churchyard or memorial park.

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To resolve this, researchers were focusing on developing a vascular system in which liquid could be circulated in a network of hollow fibers within the material, which would allow the healing agent to be restocked through an access point.

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It is done using a special type of liquid-crystal array developed by a British firm called Light Blue Optics, which is also developing the technology for use in tiny projectors (see article).

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