NASA-Funded Research Finds Complex Life Defying Record Heat
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NASA-supported scientists identified an organism living at extreme temperatures once thought impossible for complex life, discovered in the heated waters of California's Lassen Volcanic National Park. Such heat typically destroys cell components like the nucleus that protects genetic information.
NASA-supported scientists have discovered an organism that lives at extreme temperatures previously thought impossible for complex life. High temperatures can cause the destruction of necessary cell components, which is a big problem for cells with complex parts like a nucleus encasing delicate genetic information. In the heated waters of California’s Lassen Volcanic National Park, a […]
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