Lyophilisation

Lyophilisation, or freeze drying, is an increasingly popular technology used in our society. This process uses differences in pressure and temperature to quickly remove water from an item and leave it in it’s original state for an extended period of time without having to worry about it decaying. We see this process used all the time with the freeze dried foods we eat, but new breakthroughs in science are improving this process and bringing more applications to freeze drying than ever thought before. Scientists can now freeze dry dead animals. This improved process has lead to the creation of some quite amazing products. Known most popularly by Americans is the freeze dried South Korean mini-panda. This panda is no more than an inch in length. When these pandas die, they are freeze dried, causing the panda to remain in it’s current position forever. They still look cute, they still feel fuzzy, but now humans can carry around this beautiful piece of nature in their pockets for the rest of their lives.