Collaborate Disseminate
There is a whole lot of plastic pouring into the ocean every day, and whole lot we don’t know about the damage it causes. Looking to fill in these blanks is a team of Duke University scientists, who have found that fish subjected to high concentrations… Continue reading Microplastics found to cause aneurysms, reproductive changes in fish
Jumping probably isn’t an ability that most people would associate with tiny creepy crawlies like maggots, but some, such as the larva of the goldenrod gall midge, can actually leap distances far greater than their microscopic bodies might su… Continue reading High-speed cameras show maggots forming "transient legs" to leap into the air
There are already a number of inexpensive new devices that allow doctors in developing nations to image patients’ retinas. In order to get a better look at what’s going on, though, an optical coherence tomography (OCT) scanner is required – a… Continue reading Portable device performs retinal scans – on a budget