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Tag: centrifuge

‘Centrifugal Bed Rotator’ [new patent]

August 23, 2021 Martin Gardiner

Inventor Vern Ader has just been granted (Aug 10th 2021) a full US patent for his ‘Centrifugal Bed Rotator’. The new invention is a progressive development of his Gym & Rehabilitation System Designed for Space – in that it can centrifuge not just one, but two people at the same time. The present invention provides […]

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Centrifugal duration: An almost sure-fire way to lose weight (and other things)

February 14, 2017 Marc Abrahams

If someone put you in a centrifuge — for an entire year — would you lose weight? An essay by someone named Sarah argues, that “Centrifugation makes animals smaller, leaner, more muscular, and denser-boned.” The essay gives many examples. Here are two of those examples: Female rats exposed to 3.5 or 4.7 G for one […]

Arts and Science, Research Newscentrifuge, Weight Loss
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