[ad_1] They are in animation suspended since 42 000 years. But they are never dead Nematodes These are microscopic roundworms – no more than 1 mm in length – that thrive in …
Read More »Nematodes relaunched as Siberian permafrost thaws
Scientists relaunched 42,000-year-old frozen roundworms and they quickly woke up and started eating
[ad_1] Cryopreservation is something we see a lot in sci-fi movies, where people are frozen in stasis for hundreds or thousands of years to stay alive. Now, it seems that scientists have …
Read More »Scientists have relaunched tiny frozen worms for 42,000 years – and they started eating
[ad_1] Low temperature scanning electron micrograph of soybean cyst nematode and its egg. Magnify 1,000 times Agricultural Research Service / Wikimedia Commons Russian scientists have relaunched tiny worms that had been frozen …
Read More »Scientists say they have relaunched frozen worms of 42,000 years
[ad_1] The samples were stored in a laboratory at about -4 degrees Fahrenheit. The isolated nematodes were then brought to 68 degrees later and surrounded by food. After several weeks of culture, …
Read More »