Suits of goo help insects survive space conditions
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 12:31
in Biology & Nature
Charles ChoiLiveScience A suit a thousand times thinner than a human hair or more can help microscopic animals survive a harsh vacuum, such as would be the case in outer space, researchers say. These newly developed "nano-suits" could help biologists investigate creatures in exquisite detail in a vacuum that would normally kill the animals. The discovery might even suggest alien life could survive...