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With an enviable pulse, Nicolas Benoot, Ph.D. in Materials Physicochemistry, takes a drop of moisturizing cream and criogenizes it in liquid nitrogen: “We need to retain the elements present in the formula, so we freeze it very quickly with nitrogen or propane. Both have the ability to cool thousandths of degree per second and ensure instant freezing without water crystallizing.” Then, fissure it with a diamond blade, inside a mechanism that loo…