At the beginning of the experiment, the gyroscopes» axes pointed to a distant star; as the spacecraft moved around Earth for nearly a year, the researchers carefully monitored the position of the axes. (discovermagazine.com)
However, the amount of free calcium ions detected by the calcium ion selective electrode (black line) increases considerably slower straight from the beginning of the experiment; that is, a distinct part of free calcium ions disappears due to binding. (science.sciencemag.org)
«At the beginning of the experiment we did not expect that the olfactory receptors would have completely different effects.» (sciencedaily.com)