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Biophysics: Two Eyes in One Nearly 500 million years ago, schizochroal trilobites roamed the oceans, guided by compound eyes with bifocal lenses. In extant animals, the structures of the eye range from those with accommodating … [Read more] Genetics: Daddy's Little Girl Transgenerational genetic effects—in this context, genetic variation in one generation that affects the phenotype of an offspring that has not inherited the variant—have been invoked as a means by which … [Read more] Physics: Spinning Randomly in the Hall The Hall effect occurs when a current running through a conductor is deflected by a perpendicular magnetic field, causing a transverse voltage to develop. In certain semiconductor structures where the … [Read more] Geophysics: Constructing a Craton The cores of continents, or cratons, make up the stable lithosphere. Their formation probably occurred billions of years ago, though the mechanisms responsible remain unclear. One way to seek further … [Read more] Microbiology: Menacing Methicillin Almost since methicillin was first introduced as an antibiotic in the 1960s, resistant bacteria were detected, but no one has been quite sure where this form of defense originated. Resistance … [Read more] Immunology: Feeding a Fever Starvation or poor nutrition weakens the immune system and makes organisms more susceptible to disease. This reflects in part the need for adequate energy stores. But Mieulet et al. provide … [Read more] Plant Science: Staying Low to the Ground Too much transferase leads to highly branched shoots. … [Read more]

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