New technique could save cancer patients' fertility
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...h as THINK EYEGIENE(TM), which come to life online, help to increase awareness of the importance of maintaining good eye health. The launch of the new translucent bottle has the potential to initiate best practice amongst contact lens wearers and the comical short film aims to support this by not only making the...Supple, Hi-Flex Cable from Cicoil Makes First Disposable Hearing Aid Possible
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...is colleagues reported their findings in the December issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics . The beads involved in these cases are the translucent type found on the ends of ponytail holders. Often, there is a bead at each end, and they're twisted together to hold the hair back. Each bead was mor...Bed Bugs on Thanksgiving Dinner Guest List
...in appearance. And while adult bed bugs are about one-fifth of an inch in length and visible to the naked eye, bed bug nymphs are only 1/32 inch long, translucent and very hard to spot. Bed bugs are nocturnal and feed strictly on blood. Although they do not transmit diseases, they can cause itchy welts with th...LabBits: A media tip sheet from the MBL in Woods Hole
...gist T. Aran Mooney will be the first scientist to look at cephalopod hearing, using the squid, Loligo pealeii, as a model. To learn how sensitive the translucent animals are to noise, he is monitoring squid brain waves as they respond to various sounds, specifically the echolocation clicks of its main predators...Neuroscientists show insulin receptor signaling regulates structure of brain circuits
...ating signaling cascades within the cell. "Tadpoles are wonderful creatures for such experiments," Dr. Cline explained, "in part because they have translucent bodies, which makes it easy for us to visualize and record what happens to individual neurons as we manipulate the insulin receptors on their surface....California Science Center Welcomes 1-Millionth BODY WORLDS Visitor
... The Story of the Heart is a 20,000 square-foot exhibition featuring more than 200 authentic human specimens including whole body plastinates, organs, translucent body slices, and a special presentation on the heart. Through the life-like and dramatic poses of full-body specimens and detailed presentation of org...BODY WORLDS 3 & The Story of the Heart Opens at the California Science Center, March 14, 2008
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... advance of regular publication in the Journal of Structural Biology . The translucent substance empowers the claw tips of the striped (or lined) shore crab (Pach...e eating a Dungeness crab, notice that the sharp tip of the leg is a cap of translucent material that is very different from the rest of the crab," he said. "Notic...New electrostatic-based DNA microarray technique could revolutionize medical diagnostics
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... WASHINGTONA 110 million-year-old dinosaur that had a mouth that worked like a vacuum cleaner, hundreds of tiny teeth and nearly translucent skull bones will be unveiled Thursday, Nov. 15, at the National Geographic Society. Found in the Sahara by National Geographic Explorer-in-Residenc...Psst! Coffee drinkers: Fruit flies have something to tell you about caffeine
...rned off by the taste of others. By color-coding sweet and bitter substances eaten by fruit flies and examining the coloring that shows up in their translucent bellies, the Hopkins team hoped to learn whether flies missing a specific "taste-receptor" protein changed their taste preferences. "Normally," Mo...Anemone genes reveal versatile building blocks for body plans
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...ent "reporter" protein coupled to a stress protein that is present in most multicellular organisms as a monitor of cellular health. The eyelash-sized, translucent worms that fluoresced the brightest after being subjected to high temperatures as young adults had significantly longer life expectancies than those t...Hydrogen and methane provide raw energy for life at 'Lost City'
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