{
  "id": 324152,
  "title": "Scientists uncover the aluminium shield helping a tiny crustacean survive",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/scientists-uncover-the-aluminium-shield-helping-a-tiny-crustacean",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-08T15:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/scientists-uncover-the-aluminium-shield-that-helps-a-tiny-crustacean-survive-darkness-near-freezing-water-and-crushing-pressure-in-the-mariana-trench/articleshow/133054418.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have identified a deep-sea crustacean, the amphipod Hirondellea gigas, which uses aluminum to survive in the Mariana Trench, one of Earth's most extreme environments. Its unique aluminum-coated exoskeleton helps resist calcium dissolution under immense pressure, allowing it to thrive where life was previously deemed impossible. This remarkable adaptation…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "404 Media",
        "title": "Crab Odyssey: Crustacean Wandered the Seas in a Bottle for Months, Scientists Find",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/crab-odyssey-crustacean-wandered-the-seas-in-a-bottle-for-months",
        "published": "2026-08-08T10:00:26.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}