Tardigrades are already the stuff of legend — tiny, eight-legged creatures that can survive freezing, boiling, starvation, ...

If you haven't heard of a tardigrade before, prepare to be wowed. These clumsy, eight-legged creatures, nicknamed water bears ...

To tattoo a tardigrade, Zhao and his colleagues adapted a nanofabrication technique called ice lithography. This is a form of ...

This is the first step toward eventually wielding their extremophile superpowers in health science and nanotechnology.

In the recent study, researchers dehydrated tardigrades to induce a cryptobiotic state—a sort of half-dead hibernation. They ...

Scientists etched micro-tattoos on tardigrades without hurting them, opening new doors for future biomedicine research.

Discover tardigrades, tiny 'water bears' famous for survival. Learn how they endure extreme cold, heat, and space by drying ...

These microorganisms are so tough that India is launching them to space to study how they survive in extreme environments.

The tardigrade’s unusual body plan and resistance to harsh conditions provide researchers like Bob Goldstein with a creative ...

Scientists have found a way to 'tattoo' tardigrades Date: April 23, 2025 Source: American Chemical Society Summary: If you haven't heard of a tardigrade before, prepare to be wowed. These clumsy ...

This tardigrade is sporting a new “tattoo” — represented in this magnified image by the highlighted dots, and visible in the inset image. If you haven’t heard of a tardigrade before ...

Tardigrades—tiny, water-dwelling creatures also known as “water bears”—are some of the toughest animals on Earth. They can ...