Articles for tag: biotechnology, Ice Lithography, Microfabrication, Nanoengineering, Tardigrades

Scientists Tattoo Tardigrades to Pioneer Living Microdevices for Future Biotechnology

Jan Otte

In a bizarre but groundbreaking test, scientists have been able to “tattoo” tardigrades miniature, indestructible creatures also known as water bears with an advanced microfabrication technique. This strange achievement is not in the name of novelty: it can potentially lead to living biosensors, microbial cyborgs, and even medical implants that become fully compatible with biological ...

Tiny Titans: The Science Behind Tardigrades’ Immortality Trick

Jan Otte

New research reveals how microscopic “water bears” use a molecular switch to survive conditions that would kill any other creature from deep space to boiling acid. The Unkillable Microscopic Superhero Tardigrades also called water bears or moss piglets are nature’s ultimate survivors: Now, scientists have discovered their secret: a molecular “on/off” switch that triggers suspended ...