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If you're going to try "tattooing" a microscopic animal, it would make sense to select one of the toughest creatures on the ...

Scientists tattooed tardigrades using ice lithography, demonstrating a method that could lead to biocompatible ...

In this week's 7 Days of Science, there's some amazing news about the geology of Mars, some new research on tardigrades, and ...

Tardigrades (aka "water bears") are micro-animals that can survive in the harshest conditions: extreme pressure, extreme ...

Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is set to become the first Indian to visit the International Space Station (ISS) on May 29. He ...

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

Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is preparing for a 14-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS) ...

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

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

On his fortnight-long mission to the International Space Station next month, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, India's ...

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