Supercooling
As we have noted, whole-body supercooling allows many insects and fish to survive the winter.
Surprisingly, this is also true for some mammals, including bats and a particularly adroit Alaskan ground squirrel.
that can cool without freezing to about -3 degrees C while it hibernates, despite nominal
blood freezing points (determined by freezing samples using an osmometer) above -0.6 degrees C .
Supercooling has recently formed the basis of a British company,
which preserves enzymes and even whole cells by cooling them in tiny droplets of water to temperatures several degrees below their freezing point
As we have noted, whole-body supercooling allows many insects and fish to survive the winter.
Surprisingly, this is also true for some mammals, including bats and a particularly adroit Alaskan ground squirrel.
that can cool without freezing to about -3 degrees C while it hibernates, despite nominal
blood freezing points (determined by freezing samples using an osmometer) above -0.6 degrees C .
Supercooling has recently formed the basis of a British company,
which preserves enzymes and even whole cells by cooling them in tiny droplets of water to temperatures several degrees below their freezing point
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