Tardigrades enter a form of hibernation called biostasis when they are stressed The proteins that make biostasis possible slowed human cells way down, too Scientists suspect they can use ...

Tardigrades are possibly the most indestructible ... from a damage suppressor protein that literally protects their DNA, to a dehydrated, suspended animation 'tun' state that they can enter ...

The process of getting into a tun state involves 33 unique heat soluble genes to protect the tardigrade cells against dehydration, proteins that work as scaffolding and gels to protect the cells ...

In this “freeze-dried,” dormant state, the tardigrades retract their heads and eight claw-fitted legs to resemble a microscopic peppercorn. They can survive like this for decades and only reanimate ...

Scientists at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy examined how Acutuncus antarcticus, a tardigrade species native to the Antarctic, would react to climate change–associated stressors ...