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A Creature of the Sea Found the Secret to Immortality—and Humans Might Know How to Steal It This lifeform’s extraordinary biology could hold the key to anti-aging breakthroughs.
Another strange twist on the everyday alarm clock has emerged. This time it comes in the form of a rumbling sea anemone shaped device. Similar to the Clocky which rolls away when it goes off, Aaron ...
A new study by a team of scientists at the University of Vienne discovered that sea anemones, whose Cnidarian status means they grow radially around a central point (after all, what is the “face ...
Clinging to the bottom of the Ross Ice Shelf, more than 250 metres below researchers’ feet, a small sea anemone was discovered hanging upside down in the frigid waters.
A picture of an adorable sea anemone with googly eyes has been posted to social media. The creature was caught by Russian fisherman Roman Fedortsov, who posted a picture of the sea anemone to his ...
Sea anemones may look alien, but scientists just found out they're hiding an ancient body 'blueprint' – one that most animals, including humans, still follow.
Systemic coordination of whole-body tissue remodeling during local regeneration in sea anemones. Developmental Cell, 2024; DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.11.001 ...
The sea anemone Nematostella vectensis is potentially immortal. Using molecular genetic methods, developmental biologists led by Ulrich Technau from the University of Vienna have now identified ...
Yuya Kobayashi, Yuki Kondo, Masanori Kohda, Satoshi Awata. Active provisioning of food to host sea anemones by anemonefish. Scientific Reports, 2025; 15 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-85767-9 ...
The sea anemone Nematostella vectensis is also highly regenerative: it can reproduce asexually by budding and also shows no signs of aging, which makes it an interesting subject for stem cell ...