tardigrade
noun
tar·di·grade
ˈtär-də-ˌgrād 
: any of a phylum (Tardigrada) of microscopic invertebrates with four pairs of stout legs that live usually in water or damp moss
called also water bear
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Inside is a tardigrade, so well-preserved that its tiny claws are still visible.
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Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
Anything So what happened to the tardigrades that were travelling on the probe?
—Laurent Palka, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
However, whatever the dose, radiation kills tardigrade eggs.
—Laurent Palka, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
Miller, who has studied and written about tardigrades, was not involved with this research.
—Jenna Schnuer, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
Still, the researchers say there’s much more work to be done to understand how free radicals are working in tardigrades.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024
To withstand extreme cold, for example, tardigrades don’t enter tun.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
Under these forms of stress, tardigrades curl up into a temporary protective state of dormancy called a tun.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024
In this state, tardigrades’ metabolic activity slows to a mere crawl, while specialized proteins swathe and protect their cells.
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
Anything So what happened to the tardigrades that were travelling on the probe?
—Laurent Palka, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
However, whatever the dose, radiation kills tardigrade eggs.
—Laurent Palka, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
Miller, who has studied and written about tardigrades, was not involved with this research.
—Jenna Schnuer, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
Still, the researchers say there’s much more work to be done to understand how free radicals are working in tardigrades.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024
To withstand extreme cold, for example, tardigrades don’t enter tun.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
Under these forms of stress, tardigrades curl up into a temporary protective state of dormancy called a tun.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024
In this state, tardigrades’ metabolic activity slows to a mere crawl, while specialized proteins swathe and protect their cells.
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
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