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'Bifocals' in mangrove fish species discovered

(PhysOrg.com) -- A "four-eyed" fish that sees simultaneously above and below the water line has offered up a dramatic example of how gene expression allows organisms to adapt to their environment.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Scientists Find First Creature With Eyes That Use Both Refractive and Reflective Optics

Florida Atlantic University researcher and member of the Center for Ocean Exploration and Deep-Sea Research at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Dr. Tamara Frank, was part of an international research ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (17) | comments 2




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Engineering images bring life to submerged city

(PhysOrg.com) -- Photo-realistic 3D mapping and digital reconstruction of an ancient underwater city in Greece have earned a team from the University of Sydney's Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Study shows calories drive earlier puberty

(Medical Xpress) -- Environmental pollutants, eating habits, lack of exercise and genetic traits have all been raised as possible causes of earlier puberty onset in girls in recent years.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gene therapy for inherited blindness succeeds in patients' other eye

Gene therapy for congenital blindness has taken another step forward, as researchers further improved vision in three adult patients previously treated in one eye. After receiving the same treatment in their ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mars-bound NASA rover carries coin for camera checkup

(PhysOrg.com) -- The camera at the end of the robotic arm on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has its own calibration target, a smartphone-size plaque that looks like an eye chart supplemented with color chips ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Visual working memory not as specialized in the brain as visual encoding, study finds

Researchers have long known that specific parts of the brain activate when people view particular images. For example, a region called the fusiform face area turns on when the eyes glance at faces, and another region called ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Maine girl bouncing back after 6-organ transplant

(AP) -- A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes - and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus to replace the ones ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Study questions proton therapy for prostate cancer

A warning to men considering a pricey new treatment for prostate cancer called proton therapy: Research suggests it might have more side effects than traditional radiation does.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New science being used to fight arson convictions

(AP) -- A death row inmate in Ohio is hoping the state parole board will give him the chance to argue that a mysterious "man in red" could have started the arson fire that killed his 3-year-old son.

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Matching fans to music tops record industry agenda

After a decade-long battle against file-sharing, music and technology giants are now pushing users to share to their hearts' content, with online music recommendations a key issue at the MIDEM trade fair that ...

Technology / Other

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Here is what real commitment to your marriage means

What does being committed to your marriage really mean? UCLA psychologists answer this question in a new study based on their analysis of 172 married couples over the first 11 years of marriage.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast


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