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Help is calling you, pick up the phone
Monday 02 September 2019An app called ‘Be my eyes’ created a way for people who are blind or suffer from low-vision to complete everyday tasks that they wouldn’t be able to on their own.
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Help is calling you, pick up the phone
2 Sep 2019 -
People could soon be injected with infrared vision
Monday 02 September 2019Scientists predict that people will soon be able to see infrared light due to tiny particle injections.
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People could soon be injected with infrared vision
2 Sep 2019 -
Gran has eyeballs tattooed to act as ‘sunglasses’
Sunday 01 September 2019A grandmother has endured a peculiar treatment to her eyes. The treatment consisted of having her eyes tattooed so the ink could act like sunglasses.
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Gran has eyeballs tattooed to act as ‘sunglasses’
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Erupted star lights up NASA images
Saturday 31 August 2019A powerful telescope used by NASA has spotted the remnants of an erupted star just 11,000 light-years away from Earth.
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Erupted star lights up NASA images
31 Aug 2019 -
Study shows we can’t truly hide information as our eyes give it away
Tuesday 27 August 2019A new study carried out has proved that eyes can be the first indicator that you know someone, even if you try to hide it verbally.
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Study shows we can’t truly hide information as our eyes give it away
27 Aug 2019 -
1 million bulbs to be used in Blackpool Switch-on
Sunday 25 August 2019This week sees the town of Blackpool illuminate its famous nightlights for a continual 66-night period. The Blackpool switch-on is one of the biggest in the count
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1 million bulbs to be used in Blackpool Switch-on
25 Aug 2019 -
Charity raises an amazing £1.8 million to help people without sight
Saturday 24 August 2019Christian Blind Mission has raised a huge £1.8 million through a campaign named ‘See the way’.
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Charity raises an amazing £1.8 million to help people without sight
24 Aug 2019 -
New bionic eye implant could help restore sight in blind people
Friday 23 August 2019A new study has made use of an implant that directly stimulates the optic nerve in your eye, bypassing the eyeball completely.
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New bionic eye implant could help restore sight in blind people
23 Aug 2019 -
Light therapy may help in your fight against heart attacks
Tuesday 20 August 2019An amount of intense light therapy may help the body in combating heart attacks by decreasing tissue damage.
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Light therapy may help in your fight against heart attacks
20 Aug 2019 -
Mission to improve singlet fission for solar energy achieved
Tuesday 20 August 2019A breakthrough in harnessing light from singlet fission for solar energy has been found by researchers at Columbia University.
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Mission to improve singlet fission for solar energy achieved
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New app to reduce diabetic eye disease risk
Tuesday 13 August 2019A new app called Retina Risk has been designed to help people with diabetes monitor and assess the risk of diabetic eye disease.
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New app to reduce diabetic eye disease risk
13 Aug 2019 -
Major breakthrough in understanding dry AMD
Monday 12 August 2019Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have revealed a major breakthrough that could have implications for sufferers of the dry form of Age-Related Macular Degeneration, one of the most common forms of vision loss.
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Major breakthrough in understanding dry AMD
12 Aug 2019
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