Serious Readers Blog

Trees to light the pavements?
Thursday 04 January 2018
Streetlights replaced by glowing plants. No, this is not the stuff of American ‘50s Sci Fi. Thanks to our research friends at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the reality is closer than we may think.
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Trees to light the pavements?

4 Jan 2018
Potential new therapy for Glaucoma Sufferers
Tuesday 02 January 2018
Researchers at Stanford University are experimenting with a new treatment for Glaucoma which could completely change our thinking about therapy for the condition.
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Potential new therapy for Glaucoma Sufferers

2 Jan 2018
Could drinking tea lower your risk of Glaucoma?
Wednesday 27 December 2017
A study from the University of California recently published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology has shown a possible link between tea consumption and risk of glaucoma.
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Could drinking tea lower your risk of Glaucoma?

27 Dec 2017
Study confirms poverty and vision problems go hand-in-hand
Thursday 21 December 2017
A recent study of 190 countries and territories dating back to 2010 shows that low levels of socio-economic development correlate directly to high levels of visual impairment.
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Study confirms poverty and vision problems go hand-in-hand

21 Dec 2017
Oldest eye discovery sheds light on early sight
Thursday 14 December 2017
A European team including scientists from the University of Edinburgh have found what they believe to be the first example of an eye in an “exceptional” 530-million-year-old trilobite fossil. Crabs, bees and dragonflies all use a form of the very same eye
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Oldest eye discovery sheds light on early sight

14 Dec 2017
Legal wrangle over cheaper treatment for Macular Degeneration
Monday 11 December 2017
A dozen Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are poised to lock horns with leading pharmaceutical companies over the right to offer a less expensive drug for the treatment of Macular Degeneration.
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Legal wrangle over cheaper treatment for Macular Degeneration

11 Dec 2017
Remember darkness at night?
Thursday 07 December 2017
A dark night sky may become a thing of the past – unless we are very careful. Just a century ago, we all experienced dark skies after nightfall, but now our world is illuminated around the clock. The result is light pollution, and the effects could be far
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Remember darkness at night?

7 Dec 2017
New Which? report claims poor sight test standards
Thursday 30 November 2017
Which? have been sending secret shoppers to get eye tests – and the results make for very poor reading. The undercover investigation sent 30 researchers into a range of opticians, and over a third of them (13) rated the sight test they experienced as eith
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New Which? report claims poor sight test standards

30 Nov 2017
The blood test that could give an early warning of AMD
Monday 27 November 2017
Patients with any stage of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) carry signs of the disease in their blood. And scientists from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary now believe they have discovered a lab test which could identify potential sufferers b
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The blood test that could give an early warning of AMD

27 Nov 2017
Scientists say protect your eyes while skiing
Thursday 23 November 2017
For many, the winter months offer the prospect of ski breaks with clear blue skies and invigorating mountain air. But are we taking enough care of our eyes on the slopes? Boffins at Liverpool Uni think not…
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Scientists say protect your eyes while skiing

23 Nov 2017
Chinese pollution dramatically reducing solar power output
Wednesday 22 November 2017
Much has been written recently about China’s high-speed implementation of solar energy production, with predicted installations in 2017 alone capable of dealing with half total global demand.
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Chinese pollution dramatically reducing solar power output

22 Nov 2017
How the Sea could hold the key to cheaper solar power
Thursday 16 November 2017
Diatoms – tiny algae that are found naturally throughout our oceans – demonstrate an extraordinary ability to trap and scatter light.
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How the Sea could hold the key to cheaper solar power

16 Nov 2017