Well before evolving to help vertebrates breathe underwater, gills played an early and equally important role regulating the salt and pH balance of blood, according to surprising new research. Gills ...
Engineers at Cornell University have developed perforated, flexible panels modeled on fish gills that significantly improve heat transfer and chemical mixing in fluid environments. The work, led by ...
Dorit Hockman is in the Department of Human Biology, Division of Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa. This theory needs to be tested, but, without travelling back in ...
Gills are best known for helping most fish species breathe underwater. But less well known is the fact gills regulate the salt and pH balance of fishes’ blood, a vital role played by the kidneys in ...
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