Worms found in Chornobyl may be immune to nuclear radiation, study suggests By Kathryn Mannie Global News Posted March 12, 2024 4:08 pm Updated March 12, 2024 4:15 pm ...

Worms living near the world’s most well-known nuclear disaster zone appear to have developed new powers - immunity to radiation. In a new study, scientists visited Chernobyl to investigate nematodes, ...

The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has been a hot bed of genetic study, as scientists examine how various species react to long-term radiation exposure. While the the 1,000-square-mile zone has been ...

The worms are particularly useful to understanding the effects of the Chernobyl disaster because they reproduce quickly, making it easier for researchers to test hypotheses, as they did for ...

NYU researchers collected worms in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. They found the genomes of the microscopic worms undamaged. In recent years, some animals living in the area have been found to be ...

Scientists found that the genomes of these worms, which are living in the fallout from the Chernobyl (or Chornobyl) nuclear accident, have not been harmed, according to Live Science.

Scientists have found worms that can survive radiation in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, and researchers say this could help human cancer research. The 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power ...

Worms that live in Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone are immune to radiation – what this means for mankind By Alyssa Guzman Published March 7, 2024, 2:53 p.m. ET ...

News World news Chernobyl Radiation-proof worms found inside Chernobyl exclusion zone - and they could help humans Following the world's worst nuclear disaster at Chornobyl in 1986, the ...

The Chernobyl site in northern Ukraine has been filled with deadly radiation since the 1986 nuclear meltdown, but a new study shows that microscopic worms at the site seem to be unaffected by the ...