IOWA CITY, Iowa — A new study is hoping one of the tiniest organisms on our planet can soon have a huge impact on cancer treatment and radiation. It all has to do with tardigrades. A team of ...

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A photograph of the tardigrade Ramazzottius varieornatus, in the center of a phylogeny of CAHS, the largest of the six desiccation-related protein families analyzed in this study. Tardigrades may be ...

Some species of tardigrades are highly and unusually resilient to various extreme conditions fatal to most other forms of life. The genetic basis for these exceptional abilities remains elusive.

What is faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound? Don’t look up to the sky. It’s not a bird, not a plane, not Superman. It’s the ...

If you haven’t heard of a tardigrade before, prepare to be wowed. These clumsy, eight-legged creatures, nicknamed water bears, are about half a millimeter long and can survive practically anything: ...

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If you haven't heard of a tardigrade before, prepare to be wowed. These clumsy, eight-legged creatures, nicknamed water bears, are about half a millimeter long and can survive practically anything: ...