Firstly, and perhaps crucially, the folds in the pinna assist in determining the direction of sound (localization). This ...

Scientists have created a more efficient and controlled way to produce lab-grown inner ear hair cells than current methods ...

Researchers have demonstrated that a genetic switch for organ regeneration exists, after restoring damaged outer ears in mice ...

Cochlear cells from a mammalian inner ear. Scientists said last week that they had figured out a way to harness electricity from the inner ear. (Dr. Fred Hossler/Getty Images) ...

To test their hypothesis, the scientists measured an enzyme called CYP46A1 in mice inner ear OHCs because its presence is inversely correlated to the presence of cholesterol.

Yet in The Innovation study, the team of scientists looked instead to the inner ear. They specifically chose the remains of a Lufengpithecus, an ape from China that has been extinct for 7 to 8 ...

The team examined the inner ears of fossilized and modern species, and estimated that warm-bloodedness, or endothermy, emerged in the group around 233 million years ago during the Late Triassic ...