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Nine New Tardigrade Species Discovered Thanks to the Efforts of Danish Schoolchildren
The budding scientists collected the tiny water bears in a massive citizen science project that involved almost 30,000 ...
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Rare Fossils Give Clues to How Tardigrades Survived Mass Extinctions by Hitting the Snooze Button
In a study published in Communications Biology earlier this month, scientists captured high-definition images of the ...
The Scientist11d
Tardigrade Protein Shields Mouse Cells from Radiation
Boosting cells with a tardigrade protein reduced DNA damage after radiation, offering potential protection for healthy tissue ...
Business Insider7y
Cool facts about tardigrades, or the water bear
Scientists are just starting to understand the tardigrade. It can survive boiling water, outer space, and extreme radiation. Following is a transcript of the video. This funny looking little guy ...
New York Post16d
Tiny animal known as ‘water bear’ produces radiation-resistant protein called ‘Dsup’ that can treat cancer patients: study
The world’s most resilient animal, the microscopic tardigrade, produces a radiation-resisting protein that could revolutionize cancer treatment, according to a new study. Scientists found that ...
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'I'm the first space pirate!' How tardigrades were secretly smuggled to the moon
They decided to add actual tardigrades-- super-tough microscopic creatures, also known as "water bears," that can be dehydrated and revived at least a decade later -- to the resin that sealed the ...
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Indestructible — The Astonishing Tardigrade
When the German zoologist Ephraim Goeze first recognized, described, and named the kleiner Wasserbär (“Little Waterbear”) in 1773, he could not yet have guessed that he had found the Chuck Norris of ...