The upcoming phase of space exploration not only includes trips to Mars and beyond, but also holds great promise for human progress.
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Antioxidant Defense in the Toughest Animals on the Earth: Its Contribution to the Extreme Resistance of Tardigrades
Tardigrades are unique among animals in their resistance to dehydration, mainly due to anhydrobiosis and tun formation. They are also very resistant to high-energy radiation, low and high temperatures, low […]
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UNC-Chapel Hill Researchers Discover New Clues To How Tardigrades Can Survive Intense Radiation
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers have discovered that tardigrades – microscopic animals famed for surviving harsh extremes – have an unusual response to radiation.