Abstract: A Thermal Storage Unit (TSU) including a Phase Change Material (PCM). and a nucleating temperature elevating nucleation agent in contact with the PCM. wherein the nucleation agent includes a Polyamide (PA) polymer. A method of freezing phase change fluid. the method including providing a phase change fluid. and cooling the phase change fluid until the phase change fluid nucleates, wherein the phase change fluid includes a mix of a phase change material (PCM) and a nucleation agent. and the nucleation agent includes a Polyamide (PA) polymer. A method of producing phase change fluid. the method including providing water. adding a Polyamide (PA) polymer material as a nucleation agent to the water, thereby producing an elevated nucleation temperature mixture with a nucleation temperature higher than the nucleation temperature of water without nucleation agent. Related apparatus and methods are also described.

Abstract: The invention generally relates to a digital manufacturing system unit for manufacturing a food product, the system unit being a non-partitioned system unit comprising a raw material metering and mixing unit, a food product assembly unit and a food product cooking unit, the system unit being configured and operable to receive one or more customer-specified requirement relating to a food product profile and execute a set of machine instructions specifying a manufacturing process suitable for manufacturing the food product based on the food product profile, thereby manufacturing the food product. The invention also relates to a method for digital manufacturing a food product using such a system.

Abstract: Provided is a unique class of foam materials characterized by regions of material unidirectionality. The foam materials are configured for a great variety of end-use applications as core materials or as materials in construction of multilayered structures. The novel and ingenious process for making the composite materials of the invention, permits modifying the foam materials to suite any specific end use.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for cryopreserving a biological sample adhered to a substrate. The method of the invention comprises freezing of adherent cells and/or intact multicellular ensembles, without detaching them from the substrate or from each other. This method utilizes a directional freezing approach, which enables control over ice crystals shape, ice growth rate and position, which have a crucial impact on the physiological revival of the sample upon thawing. The invention further relates to samples cryopreserved according to the method of the invention.

Abstract: Provided is a process and system for the production of a nutritional low-caloric food product, and food products produced thereby.

Abstract: Provided is a unique class of foam materials characterized by regions of material unidirectionality. The foam materials are configured for a great variety of end-use applications as core materials or as materials in construction of multilayered structures. The novel and ingenious process for making the composite materials of the invention, permits modifying the foam materials to suite any specific end use.

Abstract: The invention provides methods and apparatus for analyzing polynucleotide sequences by asynchronous base extension. Some applications of the invention utilize total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy to image polynucleotide molecules at single molecule resolution.

Abstract: The invention provides methods and apparatus for analyzing polynucleotide sequences by asynchronous base extension. Some applications of the invention utilize total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy to image polynucleotide molecules at single molecule resolution.