All living things depend on water, but a handful of organisms including tardigrades, brine shrimp and baker’s yeast can survive for long periods in a dehydrated state.
UC Davis plant breeder Jack Hanna and engineer Coby Lorenzen teamed up in the 1950s to invent a machine that could mechanically harvest tomatoes and develop a tomato that would be tough enough to survive a harvester.
Explore UC Davis research on how infants communicate through signs and how young brains develop during early childhood, including in children with autism.