Brisbane Times The tardigrade's trick is to enter a stage known as " desiccant resistance", or cryptobiosis, a curious physiological state in which metabolic activity - the sum total of their biochemical processes - is reduced to an undetectable level. Such a state ... and more »
HorrorTalk Placing the sample in a crucible we subjected it to a variety of solvents including water, alcohol, ammonia, ether, caustic soda, carbon disulfide, hydrochloric acid , and nitric acid to no effect. Only when we immersed the thing in aqua regia did we ...
