Posts Tagged ‘skull’
How owls swivel head without having a stroke
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Unusual features of the bones and vascular network in their necks and skulls allow owls to spin their heads 270 degrees without dying. Continue…
Friday, February 1, 2013 17:16 - 6 Comments
Health & Medicine - Nov 19, 2012 12:05 - 0 Comments
Babies with skull defect share ‘snip’ genes
UC DAVIS (US) — Two areas of the human genome appear to be associated with the most common form of a condition that causes the bony plates in a baby’s skull to close too soon. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 31, 2011 8:58 - 2 Comments
New route to remove skull tumors
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Surgeons have found a new route to tumors buried at the base of the skull: through the natural hole behind the molars. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 6, 2011 10:09 - 1 Comment
Hydrogel may help tiny skulls heal
GEORGIA TECH / EMORY (US) — Engineers and surgeons are working together to improve the treatment of babies born with craniosynostosis, a condition that causes the bone plates in the skull to fuse too soon. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 12, 2011 11:33 - 2 Comments
Virtual skull: 3D peek at hominid brain
EMORY (US) — A virtual endocast of a hominid skull that dates back nearly 2 million years raises questions about the evolution of the human brain. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 8, 2010 15:50 - 1 Comment
New ‘mojo’ dinosaur named for ‘frill’
YALE (US)—When Nicholas Longrich discovered a new dinosaur species with a heart-shaped frill on its head, he wanted to come up with a name just as flamboyant as the dinosaur’s appearance. Over a few beers with fellow paleontologists one night, he blurted out the first thing that came to mind: Mojoceratops. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 22, 2009 16:12 - 0 Comments
Scientists crack case of nut-eating dinosaur
U. CHICAGO (US)—A new species of parrot-beaked dinosaur offers the first solid evidence of nut-eating in any dinosaur based on an analysis of its skull characteristics and gizzard stones. (more…)
