Here’s what you need to know for a safe and pleasant flight. After an early-morning alarm, a schlep to the airport, and a long security line, all you want to do is take a nap after you board ...

Bleeding ears and noses are some of the latest safety concerns related to Boeing planes. Multiple outlets reported this week ...

Increased pressure on the body from the hyperbaric treatment may cause sinus pain and middle ear barotrauma. Rarely, pneumothorax exhibited by shortness of breath, coughing, and chest pain may ...

Researchers have discovered that geckos use their saccule, a part of the inner ear associated with balance, to detect ...

Newly discovered fossils, belonging to the mammal-precursor species Brasilodon quadrangularis and Riograndia guaibensis, ...

New research indicates that divergent mammalian groups have independently evolved similar inner ear shapes due to analogous ...

The inner ear contains the sensory organs for hearing and balance. It consists of the vesibule and the semicircular canals that contribute to the sensation of motion and the control of balance ...

A new study reveals the surprisingly convergent evolution in the inner ear of mammals. An international research team led by Nicole Grunstra from the University of Vienna and Anne Le Maître from ...

Figure 1: Expression patterns of the integrin α8 protein in the inner ear at E16 and P0. Figure 2: Utricular hair cells in mutant mice show stereocilia defects at P0 and E18. Figure 5 ...