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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
20 Aug 2019 -
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 -
Engineers create blinking digital eye to aid dry eye disease treatment
Friday 09 August 2019A blinking “eye on a chip” has been created by a team at Pennsylvania State University to fill a void in the medical industry that lacks treatments for dry eye disease.
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Engineers create blinking digital eye to aid dry eye disease treatment
9 Aug 2019 -
Amount of teenagers wearing specs nearly doubles in 7 years
Thursday 08 August 2019A report by Scrivens Opticians has found that the proportion of 13 to 16-year-olds requiring glasses has nearly doubled since 2012.
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Amount of teenagers wearing specs nearly doubles in 7 years
8 Aug 2019 -
Elderly at risk due to long NHS cataract operation delays
Wednesday 24 July 2019New data has revealed that people in need of cataract operations are having to wait almost 6 months in some areas of the UK to have the operational procedure performed.
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Elderly at risk due to long NHS cataract operation delays
24 Jul 2019 -
Blue Light at night causes rise in sugar consumption in rats
Wednesday 24 July 2019New research has revealed that rats that are exposed to blue light at night develop a sweet tooth. The research was presented at an annual conference for the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behaviour that took place between 9 – 13 July this year. A tea
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Blue Light at night causes rise in sugar consumption in rats
24 Jul 2019 -
€4m project to improve sight-saving treatments
Wednesday 24 July 2019The Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) in collaboration with the University of Birmingham have launched a project to improve eye health treatments. The project has had €4 million invested into it from EU funds in order to improve treatment to disease
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€4m project to improve sight-saving treatments
24 Jul 2019 -
How lighting was used to debunk the Apollo 11 hoax theory
Friday 19 July 201950 years on from the Apollo 11 mission which saw Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first-ever humans to set foot on the moon, we look at how lighting played a significant role in debunking the theory that the moon landing was faked.
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How lighting was used to debunk the Apollo 11 hoax theory
19 Jul 2019 -
15 Gift Ideas for the Elderly – Christmas Gift Guide 2019 - Presents for Older People
Monday 08 July 2019Wondering what to buy mum, dad, grandma, or grandad for Christmas this year? Perhaps they are struggling to read or perform a hobby they once loved, or they're just hard to buy for!
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15 Gift Ideas for the Elderly – Christmas Gift Guide 2019 - Presents for Older People
8 Jul 2019 -
New Lighting to be installed at French Open
Monday 01 July 2019The French Tennis Federation (FFT) president Bernard Guidicelli has revealed that lighting will be installed at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris.
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New Lighting to be installed at French Open
1 Jul 2019
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