New Tardigrade Discovery Reveals Secrets of Radiation Resistance
Researchers studied a newly discovered species of tardigrade called Hypsibius henanensis. Tardigrades are known to be extremely resistant to radiation. By analyzing the tardigrade’s genome, they found over 14,000 protein-coding genes, with over 4,400 being unique to tardigrades. Exposing the tardigrades to radiation allowed the researchers to see how gene expression and protein production changed, […]
A robot retrieves the first melted fuel from Fukushima nuclear reactor
A remote-controlled robot successfully retrieved a small piece of melted nuclear fuel from inside one of the damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan for the first time. The robot collected a tiny piece of gravel about 5 mm in size (about the size of a small grain) from inside the […]