Surviving a global disaster would take more than luck. It will require serious adaptability, resilience, and a little ...

This mission marks the first time that space regeneration experiments with flatworms will be conducted in mainland China, opening new avenues for understanding biological processes in space. Flatworms ...

This unusual creature is the planarian, a flatworm that scientists say boasts unparalleled ability to regenerate. Measuring no larger than a fingernail, the planarian, with a lineage stretching back ...

Planarian flatworms retain whole-body regenerative capacity into adulthood. Their regenerative ability depends on adult ...

As China's first space experiment involving planarians, the Shenzhou-20 mission will study the effects of space on planarian regeneration using head, middle and tail segments, with potential ...

An unusual creature with a distinctive head shape might be lurking in your garden, prompting curiosity and perhaps a bit of unease. Hammerhead worms, named for their spade-like or half-moon-shaped ...

which is not possible currently in the planarian field.” adds Dr. Vemula explaining the need for a novel delivery method. But what implications do understanding brain regeneration in a small flatworm ...

SPECIMENS of Planaria albissima, Vejd., a Triclad Turbellarian not hitherto known to occur in Britain, have been collected in the environs of Aberystwyth, Wales. My preliminary identification was ...

"This year's launch of Shenzhou spacecraft will carry dozens of planarian segments into space," Zhang said. Planarias are flatworms with amazing regeneration abilities. There are many different ...

told China Youth Daily in a recent interview that an upcoming Chinese manned spaceflight will carry dozens of planarian fragments into orbit. Planarians are flatworms renowned for their extraordinary ...

Eventually, 11 flatworms, less than an inch long, were collected and brought back to the laboratory environment to be studied. Then researchers learned the worms belonged to a species new to science.