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“Bionic eye” brain implants to be trialled in US
Thursday 19 October 2017
In an exciting development, the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given conditional approval to the makers of the world’s first commercial artificial retina to conduct a small-scale clinical trial of a brain implant designed to restore vision.
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“Bionic eye” brain implants to be trialled in US

19 Oct 2017
Seven-figure advance book deals show the printed word is alive and kicking
Monday 16 October 2017
As the dust settles on last week’s Frankfurt Book Fair for another year, this one will be notable for the return of the seven-figure advance before the Fair had even got underway - proving that rumours of the demise of the printed word are very much exagg
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Seven-figure advance book deals show the printed word is alive and kicking

16 Oct 2017
Do children who play outdoors have healthier eyes?
Thursday 12 October 2017
In a time when a worldwide epidemic of myopia has been predicted, research into both its causes and prevention is of particular relevance. It used to be held that time spent staring close-up at screens in poor light was primarily to blame, but modern res
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Do children who play outdoors have healthier eyes?

12 Oct 2017
Colour me happy
Thursday 05 October 2017
The basic physiology of vision has been understood for the best part of a century, but only in the last twenty years have scientists started to explore a second non-visual pathway by which the different colours we see affects our mind and body.
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Colour me happy

5 Oct 2017
Weight loss after surgery could improve eye conditions
Thursday 28 September 2017
Scientists have discovered a dramatic link between weight loss following bariatric surgery and improved retina health, suggesting that blindness due to retinal damage may be reversible.
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Weight loss after surgery could improve eye conditions

28 Sep 2017
Scientists on the verge of a real “invisibility cloak”
Tuesday 26 September 2017
Harry Potter beware! Hard though it may seem to believe, Austrian boffins believe they have developed a technique for projecting light waves right through solid material.
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Scientists on the verge of a real “invisibility cloak”

26 Sep 2017
Early warning for Glaucoma shows promise
Thursday 14 September 2017
Early warning for Glaucoma shows promise Researchers at University College London have developed a new test which they say could make it possible to detect and prevent Glaucoma up to a decade before any symptoms appear.
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Early warning for Glaucoma shows promise

14 Sep 2017
New LED technology improves pedestrian safety
Thursday 31 August 2017
There are more than 10,000 accidents related to traffic every year in Singapore – a great many involving smartphone users. Advanced LED strips have been placed on the path near the edge of two very busy crossings picked to be part of a trial in an attemp
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New LED technology improves pedestrian safety

31 Aug 2017
Scientists use virus to halt the progress of Macular Degeneration
Thursday 17 August 2017
Phase 1 clinical trials have shown that a new therapy which uses viruses to introduce a gene into the eye is potentially safe for humans, and that it may be effective in preserving the vision of people with wet age-related macular degeneration.
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Scientists use virus to halt the progress of Macular Degeneration

17 Aug 2017
Artificial light puts night-time pollination at risk
Tuesday 15 August 2017
The use of artificial light at night is spreading rapidly through the world, expanding by an estimated 6% every year.
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Artificial light puts night-time pollination at risk

15 Aug 2017
Revolutionary microscope for the brain could cure blindness
Monday 14 August 2017
In a move that brings us a step closer to virtual senses, Scientists in Houston are working on a flat microscope “FlatScope” which bypasses the eyes altogether.
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Revolutionary microscope for the brain could cure blindness

14 Aug 2017
Startling evidence that eyesight stays in the genes
Thursday 06 July 2017
New research by Anglia Ruskin University shows that identical twins have identical vision defects into their 50s, even down to the smallest detail. A remarkable finding, as these people had been "using"
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Startling evidence that eyesight stays in the genes

6 Jul 2017