缓步动物（Tardigrade），是一种八足微型生物，通常体长不足1毫米，俗称“水熊虫”，它们因对极端环境的耐受性而闻名，包括超高剂量辐射，是地球上最耐辐射的动物。 目前，科学家们已经描述了大约1500水熊虫，它们可以承受高达3000至5000Gy的伽马射线剂量 ...

Additionally, because specimens collected in the 20th century are so degraded, reanalysis is not possible, and the Brazilian researchers argue that most decades-old tardigrade records should be ...

The work began six years ago, after the researchers discovered a new species of tardigrade in Henan Province. They named it Hypsibius henanensis and sequenced its genome. They found it had 14,701 ...

Electron microscope image of a tardigrade. Image credit: S. Tanaka / H. Sagara / T. Kunieda. In the moss-covered slopes of China’s Funiu Mountain, scientists have discovered a new species of ...

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The scientists behind the study, published Thursday in Science, sequenced the genome of the tardigrade species, which they had discovered around six years ago in China’s Henan province.

A newly described species of tardigrade is giving scientists insights into what makes these tiny eight-legged creatures so resistant to radiation. Tardigrades, also known as water bears ...

Earlier this year, scientists examined a species of tardigrade called Hypsibius exemplaris in the hope of understanding how it can withstand such huge doses of radiation. To their surprise ...

Lil Baby’s Ayesha Howard announced the birth of her daughter via Instagram on Tuesday night. Howard took to social media to gush over her “doll baby” with a carousel of photos captioned ...

Harvard researchers identified a new fossilized species of tardigrade — known as “water bears” — scientists reported in an Aug. 6 paper in “Communications Biology.” Researchers used ...

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