[Page C2.] Airport Devices Scan for Fevers Authorities in Singapore have adapted devices originally developed for a military purpose -- seeing enemies in the dark -- to help combat the spread of SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome.
Authorities in Singapore have adapted devices originally developed for a military purpose -- seeing enemies in the dark -- to help combat the spread of SARS.
However, many traits that appear to be simple adaptations are in fact exaptations: structures originally adapted for one function, but which coincidentally became somewhat useful for some other function in the process.
Aquatic life poses numerous challenges for mammals that were originally adapted for life on land [ 2].
Remarkably, none of the variants we observed correspond to the variants described in an earlier study, in which a PR8 strain (originally adapted for growth on embryonated chicken eggs) was adapted for growth on MDCK cells [ 78].
Crisphead – Better known as "iceberg" lettuce, the most popular lettuce in the US, this type is very heat-sensitive and was originally adapted for growth in the northern US.
In the case of rafting, the step size may be a behavior originally adapted for moving on land.
The evolutionary transition to mouthbrooding offers an excellent opportunity to test the functional coupling hypothesis because mouthbrooding introduces a novel function to the cranium, which is originally adapted for feeding.
Bradley Norman of Murdoch University in Perth worked with a computer programmer, Jason Holmberg, and a NASA scientist, Zaven Arzoumanian, to adapt software originally developed for telescopes to recognize patterns of stars and other celestial objects.
The third core member, Simon Wainwright, is a whiz at adapting technology originally developed for flight simulators, and is also a member of the alternative rock band Hope and Social.
