The journal Advanced Materials recently published a study introducing a new method for monitoring molecular processes deep ...

Researchers reconstruct the tiny eye of Megaphragma viggianii in 3D, revealing adaptations and possible technological ...

The researchers' new method, called chemical tomography, provides insights into tissue function by analyzing volatile organic compounds (VOCs). These molecules are present in exhaled breath, saliva, ...

During the age of dinosaurs, small predators with unexpectedly advanced eyes hunted in the darkness roughly 100 million years ...

A study published in BMC Biology reveals how tiny changes in the expression of a single gene can lead to big differences in ...

Two elegant flying insects are similar enough that they’re confused for one another. I’m talking about the dragonfly and damselfly. Both insects belong to the Odonata order, with damselflies grouped ...

An international team of scientists has discovered that tiny changes in the timing of the expression of a single gene can ...

We're part of an international team of scientists which has discovered that tiny changes in the timing of the expression of a ...

They found that a slight change in the timing of expression of a gene called orthodenticle (otd) can cause a significant ...

Whether you've got a family history of vision problems ... foods to boost eye health. A study promoted by the American Optometric Association found that indole-3-carbinol, a compound found ...

The first animals with trichromatic vision were arthropods ... suggests they had compound eyes. This means eyes with multiple small lenses, each capturing a fraction of the visual field, which ...

This coincided with the “Cambrian explosion” (about 541 million years ago), which marked a rapid diversification of life, including the development of advanced sensory systems like vision. Fossil ...