Hallucinations? They May Just Be Caused By A Fold In The Brain
Imagine hearing a voice that screams, “You’re no good at this and you’re going to fail every exam” but not knowing where it came from. Or suddenly seeing a poisonous snake slithering towards you. Even...
View ArticleUltrasound captures rat brain in microscopic 3D
Scientists in France have developed an ultrasound technique that can rapidly build up a 3D view of a network of blood vessels, in microscopic detail. They used it to scan the blood vessels throughout...
View ArticleA new voice: Scientists grow working human vocal cords from cells
Vocal cords that produce realistic sounds have been grown in the lab from human cells. The work marks a first step towards better treatments for patients who lose their voices to injury or disease....
View ArticleShrimp vision, communication and cancer detection (The University of Queensland)
(Source: The University of Queensland) The ocean is lighting up with secret forms of communication between marine animals that may have applications in satellite remote sensing, biomedical imaging,...
View ArticleBiomedical imaging at one-thousandth the cost (MIT - Massachusetts Institute...
(Source: MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology) MIT researchers have developed a biomedical imaging system that could ultimately replace a $100,000 piece of a lab equipment with components that...
View ArticleEvolutionary Innovations Aren't Always Beneficial, Fish Study Reveals
Evolutionary innovations help animals cross functional barriers and exploit new niches that were inaccessible to their ancestors. These might even promote rapid diversification or reduce extinction...
View ArticleStudy brings hope of liver cell therapy (The University of Edinburgh)
(Source: The University of Edinburgh) Stem cell scientists have made a key find that aids the quest to produce therapies for patients with liver damage. Researchers have developed a new technique for...
View ArticleSeven ERC Starting Grants for TU Delft researchers (Technische Universiteit...
(Source: Technische Universiteit Delft) Seven TU Delft researchers have been awarded ERC Starting Grants from the European Research Council. The grants (1,5 million euros for five year programmes) are...
View ArticleStanford engineers develop 'invisible wires' that could improve solar cell...
(Source: Stanford University) Stanford Report, November 25, 2015 Stanford scientists have discovered how to make the electrical wiring on top of solar cells nearly invisible to incoming light. The new...
View ArticlePeeking into the Underwater World of Leopard Seals (UCSD - University of...
(Source: UCSD - University of California - San Diego) Credit: Kevin Pietrzak, NOAA Fisheries Scripps grad student uses Crittercam video to gain rare glimpse into an Antarctic top predator In the...
View ArticleGecko Genome Reveals Secret To Scaling Walls, Regenerating Tails
To escape predators, geckos can detach their tails and then quickly scramble away, sometimes racing across smooth surfaces that are vertical or even inverted. A new tail grows back within a few months....
View ArticleIs this why finding Nemo is so difficult? Scientists discover ‘Houdini’ trick...
Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin shows some fish have microscopic structures in their skin cells that is used to reflect polarized light, which allows them to disappear. ......
View ArticleWeird Sea Mollusk Sports Hundreds of Eyes Made of Armor
A marine mollusk built like a tiny tank can see with eyes made of the same material as its armor. Acanthopleura granulata is a chiton, a pill bug of the sea. This animal has a shell made of overlapping...
View ArticleScientists reveal how fish can turn invisible in the open sea
A new study shows how some fish are able to reflect and manipulate vibrations from polarized light to affectively disappear from predators. ......
View ArticleMantis Shrimp Use Secret Light Show To Signal Aggression
Everyone loves the mantis shrimp: It’s one of the most aggressive, quirky creatures evolution has ever engineered. There are 400 separate species, each of them possessing one of two types of claws,...
View ArticleThese Mollusks Have Hundreds of Eyes In Their Armor
Little marine mollusks called chitons can’t move very fast, but they do have spiky armored shells made of aragonite. When they spot a predator, they just clamp down tightly, even onto the slippery...
View ArticleScientists discover how ocean fish magically disappear. Now the Navy wants to...
Harry Potter's invisibility cloak is real. Well, for some fish at least. A study released Thursday says that two ocean fish — the big-eyed scad and the lookdown — have fine-tuned a method of avoiding...
View ArticleCamouflage Trick That Makes Fish Seemingly Disappear Revealed
The proverbial sailor who went to sea and saw nothing but the deep blue sea may in fact have been fooled by the amazing camouflage capabilities of open-ocean fish. The secret to this amazing...
View ArticleHiding in Plain Sight: Camouflage in Open Ocean Fish (University of Connecticut)
(Source: University of Connecticut) Professor Heidi Dierssen (right) and Ph.D. candidate Brandon Russell (left) use a custom-built dive spectrometer to measure the way light reflects and depolarizes...
View ArticleNew Discovery of Fish Camouflage Mechanism in the Ocean (FAU - Florida...
(Source: FAU - Florida Atlantic University) Research By Gisele Galoustian | 11/19/2015 The vast open ocean presents an especially challenging environment for its inhabitants since there is nowhere for...
View ArticleNew camouflage mechanism fish use in the open ocean
Fish have a remarkable way to hide from their predators using camouflage techniques. A new study shows that fish scales have evolved to not only reflect light, but to also scramble polarization....
View ArticleThis technology will make solar cells more efficient
WASHINGTON: Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a new technology that could significantly improve the efficiency and lower the cost of solar cells. Researchers at Stanford...
View ArticleFossil shows how snakes lost their legs (The University of Edinburgh)
(Source: The University of Edinburgh) Fresh analysis of a reptile fossil is helping scientists solve an evolutionary puzzle - how snakes lost their limbs. The 90 million-year-old skull is giving...
View ArticleNMSU graduate student conducts fish research from the depths of the Grand...
(Source: New Mexico State University) Date: 11/23/2015 Writer: Kristie Garcia, 575-646-4211, kmgarcia@nmsu.edu Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google+ Getting lowered in by helicopter to the bottom of the...
View ArticleUltrasound Used To Take Super-Resolution Images Of Rat's Brain
Scientists have been able to create amazing high resolution microscopic images of the blood vessel network in the brain of a rat, using ultrasound. The technique, developed by a team of researchers in...
View ArticleBiomedical Imaging at One-Thousandth the Cost (MIT Media Lab)
(Source: MIT Media Lab) MIT researchers have developed a biomedical imaging system that could ultimately replace a $100,000 piece of a lab equipment with components that cost just hundreds of dollars....
View ArticleNew approach to preserving organs for later use
New York, Nov 30 (IANS) Researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) have discovered a new approach to preserving tissues and even organs for later use. "This could be an important step toward the...
View ArticleSix ways nature has inspired technological innovation
Whale fins and cow udders, wasp appendages and gecko feet - just some of the natural phenomena that have inspired technological innovation over the years. The field, known as biomimicry or biomimetics,...
View ArticleReptile Fossil Solves Mystery of How Snakes Lost Their Legs (American Museum...
(Source: American Museum of Natural History) New work on a 90-million-year old reptile fossil is helping scientists determine how snakes lost their limbs. The research, conducted by Mark Norell, the...
View ArticleMaking 3-D imaging 1,000 times better (MIT - Massachusetts Institute of...
(Source: MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology) MIT researchers have shown that by exploiting the polarization of light - the physical phenomenon behind polarized sunglasses and most 3-D movie...
View ArticleScientists Map Four Billion Years Of Ribosomal Evolution
Funded by NASA’s Astrobiology Institute, a team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology has retraced the development of the ribosome back almost four billion years, unlocking the...
View ArticlePopping Microbubbles Help Focus Light Inside the Body (California Institute...
(Source: California Institute of Technology) A new technique developed at Caltech that uses gas-filled microbubbles for focusing light inside tissue could one day provide doctors with a minimally...
View ArticleDoctors Could 3D-Print Micro-Organs with New Technique
Gone are the days when 3D printers merely built plastic trinkets — scientists say 3D-printed structures loaded with embryonic stem cells could one day help doctors print out micro-organs for transplant...
View ArticleCamouflaged Cuttlefish Employ Electrical Stealth (Duke University)
(Source: Duke University) Durham, NC- When you're as soft and delicious as a cuttlefish, evading predators is a full-time job. Not only do these squid-like creatures employ stealthy visual camouflage...
View ArticleProtective shell of a sea-dwelling chiton paves the way towards new materials...
(Source: Argonne National Laboratory) BOSTON - Multifunctional materials with sensory capabilities like those of vision, touch or even smell could profoundly expand the possibilities of industrial...
View ArticleHow Fast Could Megalodon Swim
When it was alive and cruising the world’s oceans, megalodon dominated the environment as one of the most indomitable predators that has ever existed. Chasing down any marine mammal to cross its path –...
View ArticleProtein imaging reveals detailed brain architecture (MIT - Massachusetts...
(Source: MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology) MIT chemical engineers and neuroscientists have developed a new way to classify neurons by labeling and imaging the proteins found in each cell....
View ArticleClever Cuttlefish 'Freeze' Bioelectric Fields to Avoid Predators
Cuttlefish are known for their ability to change colors, but these clever cephalopods have a problem: Sharks, rays and other predators hunt not only by sight, but by sensing the bioelectric fields...
View ArticleWhy So Blue? Tarantula's Cool Color Is Still a Mystery
It's eight-legged, furry and a very cool shade of cobalt blue. What is it? A tarantula, of course! While tarantulas aren't normally associated with the color blue, many of these critters have a...
View ArticleMasters of disguise: Cuttlefish can hide their electric fields
Cuttlefish number among the ocean’s ultimate masters of disguise, able to change the color, pattern and even the texture of their skin in an instant to blend into their surroundings. But according to a...
View ArticleNew images reveal for the first time how dolphins 'see' humans
Extraordinary images conjured from a dolphin's sonar have revealed how the creature "sees" a human swimmer using echolocation. Scientists produced the blurred outlines of a submerged man after...
View ArticleA new way to deliver microRNAs for cancer treatment (MIT - Massachusetts...
(Source: MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Twenty years ago, scientists discovered that short strands of RNA known as microRNA help cells to fine-tune their gene expression. Disruption or...
View ArticleClimate change through the eyes of a fish
A new study by a group of International scientists has looked into how fish see and scientists hope it will increase understanding of biodiversity in the Great Barrier Reef. The study, by the...
View ArticleFish bend light to hide in the sea, scientists say
It might seem as if there’s nowhere to hide in the open ocean, but fish have figured out a way to mask themselves in nothing but water and sunlight, according to a new study. Scientists already...
View Article‘Quasiparticles’ Reveal Incredibly Minute Distortions in Light Waves:...
(Source: OSA - Optical Society) 08 December 2015 'Quasiparticles' Reveal Incredibly Minute Distortions in Light Waves: Technique Opens New Pathway for Nanoscale Chemical Sensors, Adaptive Optics and...
View ArticleCould Quasiparticles Lead To Better Images?
From astronomy to medicine, every science struggles to obtain high quality images. There are always new telescopes, microscopes and endoscopes being developed, but technological advances are only half...
View ArticleAncient Marine Reptile May Have Hunted Bioluminescent Fish At Night
When Tyrannosaurus rex prowled the land, the oceans of the Late Cretaceous weren’t particularly safe either. Cruising the waters at the time were large predatory reptiles known as mosasaurs, elongated...
View ArticleReef fish help explain visual perception (The University of Queensland)
(Source: The University of Queensland) Reef fish are helping a University of Queensland scientist discover how visual tasks such as object recognition and face perception are achieved by the human...
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