An anatomical diagram of the human ear structure. Notice the malleus, incus and stapes (in white) in the middle. (Image credit: Pikovit44 via Getty Images) ...

Scientists have revealed in near-atomic detail the structure of the key part of the inner ear responsible for hearing. The findings could point the way toward developing new treatments for hearing ...

The tiniest mammalian bones—the middle ear’s sound-transducing trio of the stapes, incus, and malleus—most distinctively distinguish mammals from other vertebrates. Science News headlines ...

Dozing at the wheel? Not with these fatigue-detecting earbuds. University of California - Berkeley. Journal Nature Communications DOI 10.1038/s41467-024-48682-7 ...

The team used high-resolution electron micrographs of the inner ear. They discovered that the cells in the sac are organized in flap-like membrane projections that stretch out from the cells.

Microscopic inner ear structures reveal why major groups of bats echolocate differently. Field Museum. Journal Nature DOI 10.1038/s41586-021-04335-z ...

Detailed Scans of Ancient Human Skull Reveal Structure of the Brain and Inner Ear The skull of “Little Foot,” one of the oldest known hominins, continues to teach researchers about human evolution ...

Neurons In Zebrafish May Reveal Clues To The Wiring Of The Human Ear. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 24, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2008 / 10 / 081002211401.htm ...

In the L. hui fossil – an adult – it is ossified and the fossil shows how it supported some of the post-dentary bones as they shifted into the ear (Nature, DOI: 10.1038/nature09921).