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How a fruit fly looks under an electron microscope
This extreme magnification reveals every detail—from compound eyes to hair-like bristles—in shocking clarity.
Many scorpion species carry zinc and other heavy metals in their pincers and stingers, according to new research.
Scientists knew the stingers and pincers of these arachnids generally contained metals, but a new Smithsonian-led study maps ...
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Scorpions turn into metalsmiths to reinforce stingers for extra strength, study shows
Scorpions are the natural world’s original metalheads. Research from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of ...
“The National Museum of Natural History’s large scorpion collection allowed us to analyze metal enrichment in a wide range of ...
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New microscope reveals previously hidden differences in photosynthetic light-harvesting antennae
How do photosynthetic organisms harvest light so efficiently? To help answer this question, researchers have developed an ultrafast transient absorption microscope with sensitivity approaching the ...
Scorpions wield some of the natural world's most formidable built-in weapons, from crushing pincers to venomous stingers.
Scorpions wield some of the natural world’s most formidable built-in weapons, from crushing pincers to venomous stingers. Scientists have long known that these structures contain trace metals that ...
Students from Steve Johnson’s Chem 122 course attended a nuclear science tour at the University of Nevada, Reno. They ...
Scientists have captured the most detailed structural images to date of a specific type of protein's DNA repair process, a ...
Scorpions wield some of the natural world's most formidable built-in weapons, from crushing pincers to venomous stingers. Scientists have long known ...
Learn how metals like zinc and manganese reinforce scorpion stingers and claws, and how their placement shapes strength, ...
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