News tagged with lateral line system

Researcher uses medical imaging technology to better understand fish senses

University of Rhode Island marine biologist Jacqueline Webb gets an occasional strange look when she brings fish to the Orthopedics Research Lab at Rhode Island Hospital. While the facility's microCT scanner is typically ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fish researcher demonstrates first 'non-visual feeding' by African cichlids

Most fish rely primarily on their vision to find prey to feed upon, but a University of Rhode Island biologist and her colleagues have demonstrated that a group of African cichlids feeds by using its lateral line sensory ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Students design underwater robot that does more than score points

(Phys.org) -- Since he was 12 years old and successfully talked his way onto an underwater robotics club for kids aged 13 and up, Trevor Uptain has been building robots of the kind used by oceanographers and ...

Electronics / Robotics

created 6 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The last dance between Venus and the Sun

In 1761, Harvard’s Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Philosophy John Winthrop loaded a grandfather clock and a couple of students into a boat and embarked on Harvard’s first astronomical expedition.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sandia Labs technology used in Fukushima cleanup

(Phys.org) -- A Sandia National Laboratories technology has been used to remove radioactive material from more than 43 million gallons of contaminated wastewater at Japan’s damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear ...

Chemistry / Other

created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google, Samsung unveil new version of Chromebook (Update)

(AP) — Google will try to win more converts to a computer operating system revolving around its popular Chrome Web browser with a new wave of lightweight laptops built by Samsung Electronics.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 3

NHK shows downsized Super Hi-Vision video camera

(Phys.org) -- NHK this week placed on exhibit a shoulder-mount camera, developed in cooperation with Hitachi, capable of shooting what NHK calls super high vision (SHV) video in 7680×4320 resolution. ...

Electronics / Hardware

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

Astronomers seize last chance in lifetime for Venus Transit

Astronomers are gearing for one the rarest events in the Solar System: an alignment of Earth, Venus and the Sun that will not be seen for another 105 years.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Dell tablet leak: 10.1-inch display, two-battery choice

(Phys.org) -- Headline after headline talks about vendors’ tablets in the wings as likely number-one contenders for the iPad. Such claims have justifiably been taken with a grain of salt, considering ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 26, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 13 | with audio podcast report

Her majesty's secret

One of the greatest cliches uttered about her majesty Queen Elizabeth II is that in 60 years of reigning over us, "she has never put a foot wrong". This may well be true, but how do we know? What do we really ...

Other Sciences / Other

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

TV maker Vizio turns to computers, takes on Apple, Dell and HP

Vizio is no stranger to defying the odds. The once little-known company came from practically nowhere to become one of the USA's biggest TV makers, wresting the title from the top electronics companies, including Sony. Its ...

Technology / Business

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

First direct observation of oriented attachment in nanocrystal growth

Berkeley Lab researchers have reported the first direct observation of nanoparticles undergoing oriented attachment, the critical step in biomineralization and the growth of nanocrystals. A better understanding ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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