We hear sounds in part because tiny filaments inside our inner ears help convert voices, music and noises into electrical signals that are sent to our brains for processing. Now, scientists have mapped and simulated those filaments at the atomic level, a discovery that shed lights on how the inner ear works and that could help researchers learn ...
https://news.osu.edu/two-molecular-handshakes-for-hearing/
* Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences * Marcos Sotomayor * biochemistry