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NASA-Funded Research Finds Complex Life Defying Record Heat

NASA-Funded Research Finds Complex Life Defying Record Heat

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NASA-supported scientists have identified an organism able to survive at extreme temperatures previously thought impossible for complex life, whose cells contain a nucleus that encases delicate genetic material. The finding came from research into heated waters and challenges assumptions about heat limits on complex cellular structures.

Lee esta historia en español aquí. 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 […]

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