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 team that discovered ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 27, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Elizabeth Goldring smiles as she shows a visitor photos she's taken — and can see — with her blind eye.
Engineering
Jan 12, 2009
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New findings in color vision research imply that humans can perceive a greater range of blue tones than monkeys do.
Plants & Animals
May 1, 2023
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Pick an object in front of you—a teacup, for example—and fix your gaze on it. You may think that you're keeping your eyes still, but you're not: Your eyes are frequently moving unbeknownst to you, making tiny involuntary ...
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Oct 27, 2022
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A research team from the Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) of Heidelberg University has demonstrated that complex retinal tissue can be cultured in a Petri dish from embryonic stem cells of bony fish. Until now, stem cells ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 3, 2021
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When we fixate an object, its image does not appear at the place where photoreceptors are packed most densely. Instead, its position is shifted slightly nasally and upwards from the cellular peak. This is shown in a recent ...
Evolution
Aug 2, 2021
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During the course of evolution, animals have adapted to the particular demands of their local environments in ways that increased their chances of survival and reproduction. This is also true of diverse aspects of the sensory ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 2, 2021
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To see—and survive—at night, some coral fish have developed visual adaptations that are similar to those of their cousins living in the ocean's darkest depths, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Feb 9, 2021
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One of the most remarkable characteristics of the vertebrate eye is its retina. Surprisingly, the sensitive portions of the photoreceptor cells are found on the hind side of the retina, meaning that light needs to travel ...
Biotechnology
Feb 25, 2020
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A newly discovered retinal structure in the eyes of certain kinds of songbirds might help the animals find and track insect prey more easily.
Plants & Animals
Dec 17, 2019
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