About 40% of the tardigrades survived the procedure, and the researchers say that could be improved with further fine tuning. Most importantly, the tardigrades didn't seem to mind their new tattoos: Once rehydrated, they showed no changes in behavior.

lol. Of the ones that survived, they didn’t seem to mind.

[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

[–] TheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And how is this useful?

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

It's to test a microfabrication technique to build microscopic, biocompatible devices.