Shrimp 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 ArticleCommon Fish Parasite Is Actually A Micro Jellyfish
Myxozoans are microscopic parasites that wreak havoc on commercial fish stocks by causing neurological problems: Salmon and trout develop what’s called whirling disease and start swimming in circles....
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 ArticleGrande-Allen named fellow of Society for Experimental Mechanics (Rice...
(Source: Rice University) BY SHAWN HUTCHINS Rice bioengineer Jane Grande-Allen has been elected a fellow of the Society for Experimental Mechanics for her application of tissue-engineering analysis and...
View ArticlePolar Ice May Hold Secrets of Futuristic Materials (Video)
Amina Khan is a multimedia producer for the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). She contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. What piques a penguin's...
View ArticleSelf-Folding Minirobots Possible with Origami-Inspired Graphene
Origami-inspired graphene paper that can fold itself could be used to create anything from miniature robots to artificial muscles, according to a new study. Scientists from Donghua University in China...
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 ArticleSpiny Fins Help Fish Expand Into Hard-To-Eat Shapes
Aquatic predators are limited to eating prey that’ll fit into their mouth whole. But growing ever bigger and bigger isn’t the solution for prey fish, so they found another way. A common anti-predator...
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 ArticleNanotechnology could spur new heart treatment for arrhythmia (University of...
(Source: University of Michigan Health System) ANN ARBOR - A new nanoparticle developed by University of Michigan researchers could be the key to a targeted therapy for cardiac arrhythmia , a condition...
View ArticleWatch the mesmerizing way a company puts camouflage on helmets
You'll never guess how camouflage helmets are made – the process is mindblowing. Helmets are dyed with a process called hydrographics, which is kind of like printing with...
View ArticleShy Eel Glows Bright Green, Possibly As a 'Sexy Charm'
When scuba-diving scientists serendipitously spotted a glowing green eel in January 2011, they had no idea what caused it to light up like a brilliant neon sign. But now, after hours spent studying the...
View ArticleBiometamaterials: Inspiration from the surface of leaves (Tokyo Institute of...
(Source: Tokyo Institute of Technology) Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology successfully fabricate a metamaterial using a lotus leaf as a template. Metamaterials are man-made substances whose...
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 ArticleResearchers Find Way to Create Wide Variety of New Holograms (North Carolina...
(Source: North Carolina State University) Top Row: Three images of the NC State logo as viewed through a geometric phase hologram, in this case a lens, where each corresponds to one of the three...
View ArticleNew Technology Colors In the Infrared Rainbow (Duke University)
(Source: Duke University) Perfect absorbers capture specific wavelengths from the visible to the infrared spectrums By Ken Kingery Researchers have devised a technology that can bring true color to...
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. ......
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