Current estimates have it that our planet is hit by so much sunlight on an hourly basis that
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Images of our world when snapped from above create a kaleidoscope of color that can cause you to wonder, "What exactly am I looking at?" Below, appreciate the Earth anew with a curated selection of bird's-eye views.
The trap-jaw ant has a won notorious reputation in the insect kingdom for its super-strong, spring-loaded mandibles, which it uses to crush prey with ease and defend its nests.
However, a new study, reported in PLOS ONE, has revealed a whole new use for its impressive jaws: flinging itself out of "death traps" set by predators.
Research carried out by Fredrick Larabee and Andrew Suarez, entomologists from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, compounds earlier findings from 2006, which showed that trap-jaw ants could use their lightning-fast mouths for "ballistic jaw propulsion"—in short, opening their jaws to 180 degrees before snapping them shut at 140 miles per hour.
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Biological and medical scientists have been using flow cytometry to count cancer cells for the past 40 years.
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Diabetics often have little feeling in their feet and don’t perceive the body’s pressure or temperature signals there.
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Modern medicine relies on optical fibers to cauterize unhealthy veins in a minimally invasive way. Now, Fraunhofer researchers
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