Dan Berkowitz might never have noticed the phenomenon if not for the new lights. In 2012, Johns Hopkins University’s Berkowitz had just moved to a lab space where the lights were motion-activated, and ...

Receptors are groups of specialised cells. They detect a change in the environment (stimulus) and stimulate electrical impulses in response. Sense organs contain groups of receptors that respond ...

During the perception of external stimuli, sense organs work as transducers; various physical stimuli are converted into electronic signals though receptor organs and/or receptor cells, which are ...

How do cells forming organs or repairing tissues know when to stop growing? Adhesion receptors act as molecular fingertips that sense the environment and then coordinate behaviors.

A dog’s sense of smell is nothing short of extraordinary. While humans primarily rely on sight to understand the world, dogs ...

How do cells forming organs or repairing tissues know when to stop growing? Adhesion receptors act as molecular fingertips that sense the environment and then coordinate behaviors. Aa Aa Aa In ...