According to a study published by Friedrich Schiller Jena University, scientists, the body absorbs litium at the micro-level to significantly increase life expectancy.
Molecular muscle experiments on worms will help scientists better understand the astronaut's loss of muscle in space.
British scientists claim that they have successfully put 4,000 worms into space: not only are they healthy in their six-month mission, they also produce 24 generations while in
A flight into space of millions of microscopic worms could help solve threats to humans when exploring space.
Like most worms, the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans relies on the sense of smell to find food.
Science has long known that some species have the ability to orient themselves by sensing the Earth's magnetic field. The question is why do they work and humans need compasses.
Researchers have created a mutant worm, which may never get drunk in an attempt to find a cure for alcoholics.
Recently, scientists at the University of California have discovered a factor that prolongs life expectancy for people up to 500 years from the gene of a small worm called
This is the organism that has the whole nervous system so simple that scientists can form a diagram.