Adam Greenberg discusses his research in this Q&A with Laura Otto of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's news office

Physicist from Michigan and psychologist from Arizona win top honors

New research from the University of Rochester reveals that our brains can detect and process sound delays that are too short to be noticed consciously

The older we get, the less likely we are to hear well, as our inner ear sensory hair cells succumb to age or injury. Intriguingly, humans are one-upped by fish here. Similar hair cells in a fish sensory system that dots their bodies and forms the lateral line, by which they discern water movement, are readily regenerated if damage or death occurs.

The University of Wisonsin-Madison said in a statement that the lab was not closed due to animal rights activists.

Stanford University researchers have received Bio-X funding to develop a tiny moving probe to study the mechanical properties of sensory cells in the ear. Their research could lead to new treatments for hearing loss, and the probe may advance other scientists’ research as well.