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November 12, 2020 02:17 pm GMT
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2020/11/12/tardigrades-glow-blue-to-protect-selves-from-uv-light.html
Tardigrades glow blue to protect selves from UV light
A species of tardigrade shields itself from UV light using a glowing blue pigment, researchers have discovered.
— Read the restEswarappa found that like many other tardigrades, these Paramacrobiotus are resistant to ultraviolet radiation. After sitting under a germicidal UV lamp for 15 minutes ample time to kill most microbes and give humans a skin lesion all Paramacrobiotus specimens survived, seemingly unfazed by the ordeal.
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2020/11/12/tardigrades-glow-blue-to-protect-selves-from-uv-light.html
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