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Can you hear me now? How the inner ear's sensors are made

Can you hear me now? How the inner ear's sensors are made

Biology /

created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 0

A UCLA study shows for the first time how microscopic crystals form sound and gravity sensors inside the inner ear. Located at the ends of cilia — tiny cellular hairs in the ear that move and transmit signals ...





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Vertigo linked to osteoporosis

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

People who have osteoporosis are more likely to also have vertigo, according to a study published in the March 24, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.


A plant's arsenal of crystalline darts and sand

A plant's arsenal of crystalline darts and sand

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Pet owners have heard the warnings to keep certain poisonous houseplants away from their pets, such as Dieffenbachia (dumbcane), Philodendron, peace lily, and pothos. For houseplants like these and others, ...


Chinese and American paleontologists discover a new Mesozoic mammal

Paleontologists discover a new Mesozoic mammal

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA…An international team of paleontologists has discovered a new species of mammal that lived 123 million years ago in what is now the Liaoning Province in northeastern China. The ...


Immune deficiency and balance disorder result from single gene defect

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 21, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A genetic defect that causes a severe immune deficiency in humans may also produce balance disorders, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Iowa, The Jackson Laboratory and East Carolina University.


Microscopy reveals structure of calcite shells

Microscopy reveals structure of calcite shells

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lara Estroff and colleagues have taken a deep, detailed look at the way lab-created calcite crystals, similar to those found in nature, grow in tandem with proteins and other large molecules.


Air quality improvements over the last decade may be a factor in fewer ear infections

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Strides in improving the nation's air quality over the past ten years may be a factor in fewer cases of ear infections (otitis media) in children. These results are according to new research presented at the 2009 American ...


Chemists Reach from the Molecular to the Real World with Creation of 3-D DNA Crystals

Chemists Reach from the Molecular to the Real World with Creation of 3-D DNA Crystals

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New York University chemists have created three-dimensional DNA structures, a breakthrough bridging the molecular world to the world where we live. The work, reported in the latest issue of ...


Improving security with face recognition technology

Improving security with face recognition technology

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A number of U.S. states now use facial recognition technology when issuing drivers licenses. Similar methods are also used to grant access to buildings and to verify the identities of international travelers. ...


Scientists visualize assembly line gears in ribosomes, cell's protein factory

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Even as research on the ribosome, one of the cell's most basic machines, is recognized with a Nobel Prize, scientists continue to achieve new insights on the way ribosomes work.


Drinking green tea helps prevent kidney stones

Drinking green tea helps prevent kidney stones

Chemistry / Other

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Drinking green tea can help prevent the formation of large kidney stones, report Chinese scientists in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal CrystEngComm.



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