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They are sometimes called water bears or moss piglets.
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Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
The water bears shrink to one-quarter of their normal size.
—Jenna Schnuer, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
The resilient tun state isn’t the only tactic water bears use to survive environmental stress, and the team plans to study these other strategies in close detail.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024
Now, a new study published Wednesday in PLOS ONE finally hints at how the water bear achieves its feats of survival.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
The team devised several experiments to temporarily expose little water bears to stress-inducing, free-radical-producing conditions—including high levels of salt, sugar and hydrogen peroxide.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024
To top it off, these lovable micro-animals are known colloquially as water bears or moss piglets.
—Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 8 June 2023
An illustration of the water bear.
—Marla Broadfoot, Discover Magazine, 25 Nov. 2015
Building on the research, the Japanese scientists decided to sequence the genome of a different species of water bear, Ramazzottius varieornatus, considered among the most hardy of the tardigrades.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2016
Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
The water bears shrink to one-quarter of their normal size.
—Jenna Schnuer, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
The resilient tun state isn’t the only tactic water bears use to survive environmental stress, and the team plans to study these other strategies in close detail.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024
Now, a new study published Wednesday in PLOS ONE finally hints at how the water bear achieves its feats of survival.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
The team devised several experiments to temporarily expose little water bears to stress-inducing, free-radical-producing conditions—including high levels of salt, sugar and hydrogen peroxide.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024
To top it off, these lovable micro-animals are known colloquially as water bears or moss piglets.
—Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 8 June 2023
An illustration of the water bear.
—Marla Broadfoot, Discover Magazine, 25 Nov. 2015
Building on the research, the Japanese scientists decided to sequence the genome of a different species of water bear, Ramazzottius varieornatus, considered among the most hardy of the tardigrades.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2016
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1848, in the meaning defined above
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