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This was not a direct replication of the pearling study, but it provides another tool for investigating how axon size is controlled.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Nor do they show that pearling has identical effects on signaling throughout the human brain.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Ms. Fernando struck upon the premise of her research after joining some Sri Lankan naturalists to document the flora and fauna of the Gulf of Mannar, which once constituted the British Crown’s richest pearling grounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Along the warm, brackish waters of the Persian Gulf, drilling rigs now overlook old pearling grounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
He told them of his early adventures, and how Jacob Rank was supposed to have been drowned when the pearling vessels were in the bay.
From The Second String by Nat Gould
