Monday, January 18, 2016

Media: Japanese scientists have revived the “water bear” 30 years after the freeze – REGNUM

London, 17 January 2016, 11:10 – REGNUM The British press claims that Japanese scientists have been able to revive the animal, which was frozen 30 years ago. On this day, January 17, writes The Independent.

It is alleged that the scientists from the National Institute of Polar Research in Japan were able to bring back to life the “water bear” or tardigrades.

tardigrades – type of microscopic invertebrates close to the arthropod. For the first time this animal Goetz described the German pastor in 1773. Tardigrades are very small – just one millimeter in length.

According to the researchers, which was published in the journal Cryobiology, 1983 among moss in Antarctica was discovered Tardigrada. Her frozen at minus 20 degrees. In May 2014 she was allegedly continued successfully thawed and livelihoods.

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