Variation in sexual size dimorphism (SSD) in the brown anole lizard can be attributed to underlying sex differences in responses to local variation of environmental conditions.
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07 Feb 2010
Dartmouth researchers spot art forgeries using sparse coding technology by Jaya Batra ‘13 

Sparse coding technology has long been an important tool in neuroscience research, allowing scientists to quantitatively determine how optical information is represented by neurons in the brain. Dartmouth researchers have recently extended its use to the field of quantitative art authentication, or stylometry.

07 Feb 2010
Dartmouth prof. reviews behind-the-scenes workings of cilia and flagella by Shu Pang '12 

Dartmouth biology professor Roger Sloboda recently reviewed the current research available on cilia and sought to piece together a big picture of how intraflagellar transport (IFT) works in the functioning of cilia and flagella.

01 Feb 2010
Sox and drugs by Colby Chiang '10 

Tufts physics professor Roger Tobin explored whether steroid use in Major League Baseball could be the sole factor behind the rapidly rising single-season home run record.

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Esophageal Cancer and the ‘Asian Glow’

Robert Zbeda ‘10, DUJS Staff 

Upon consuming alcoholic beverages, hundreds of millions of people of East Asian ethnicity exhibit a facial flushing reaction that is more commonly referred to as the “Asian glow.” The majority of those who experience the glow, which is a result of an inherited deficiency of the enzyme ALDH2 (aldehyde dehydrogenase 2), consider it a cosmetic [...]