dry ice

"The simple capillary blood test works almost as well as venous samples, but unlike traditional blood tests, this new test does not require transport on dry ice. This could significantly increase accessibility to Alzheimer's testing in countries and regions lacking the infrastructure needed for high-sensitivity analyses," says Hanna Huber.

Benjamin's body was kept on dry ice for two months after his death in a separate bedroom in the family's Los Angeles home.

The death of Lisa Marie Presley's son, Ben Keough, who took his own life in July 2020 at the age of 27, led to such intense grief that his body was kept in the family home on dry ice for two months before finally being buried.

As Ini Kamoze's 1994 hit 'Here Comes the Hotstepper' blared out across Leicester's Athena venue, she emerged though the dry ice and spotlight, bouncing on her toes and decked out in red boxing shorts.

“We have difficulties to get supplies, difficulties to ship samples. To get dry ice is a nightmare,” says Valery Madsen Beau De Rochars, a Haitian epidemiologist at UF who once supervised the rural research operation but has not been able to travel to the lab himself since 2022.