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Power steering for your hearing: Ears have tiny 'flexoelectric' motors to amplify sound

Utah and Texas researchers have learned how quiet sounds are magnified by bundles of tiny, hair-like tubes atop "hair cells" in the ear: when the tubes dance back and forth, they act as "flexoelectric motors" ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1




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Diamond light, brighter than the sun

It’s the size of five football pitches and generates light 10 billion times brighter than the sun. As the Diamond Light Source celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, Penny Bailey visits one of the ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

Body rebuilding: Researchers regenerate muscle in mice

A team of scientists from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and CellThera, a private company located in WPI's Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center, have regenerated functional muscle tissue in mice, opening the door ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify key proteins of inner ear transduction channel

National Institutes of Health-funded researchers have identified two proteins that may be the key components of the long-sought after mechanotransduction channel in the inner ear—the place where the mechanical stimulation ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study cuts Whipple procedure wound infections in half with new measures

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital surgeons found that a carefully-selected surgical care check list of 12 measures reduced Whipple procedure wound infections by nearly 50 percent.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A 'nano,' environmentally friendly, and low toxicity flame retardant protects fabric

The technology in "fire paint" used to protect steel beams in buildings and other structures has found a new life as a first-of-its-kind flame retardant for children's cotton sleepwear, terrycloth bathrobes and other apparel, ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Physicists take inspiration from spilled milk

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two Lehigh physicists have developed an imaging technique that makes it possible to directly observe light-emitting excitons as they diffuse in a new material that is being explored for its ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 12, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Artificial cilia spur new thinking in nanotechnology

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cilia, tiny hair-like structures that perform feats such as clearing microscopic debris from the lungs and determining the correct location of organs during development, move in mysterious ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

How cells' sensing hairs are made

(PhysOrg.com) -- Body cells detect signals that control their behavior through tiny hairs on the cell surface called cilia. Serious diseases and disorders can result when these cilia do not work properly. New research from ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Enzyme helps control extension of cellular tendrils by regulating delivery of supplies needed for growth

The body of the adult fruit fly is covered with hair-like bristles (Fig. 1) that act as sensory organs for detecting tactile stimuli. Each one consists of a single cell that has gradually elongated over the ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers reveal function of novel molecule that underlies human deafness

New research from the University of Sheffield has revealed that the molecular mechanism underlying deafness is caused by a mutation of a specific microRNA called miR-96. The discovery could provide the basis for treating ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 21, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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