Serious Readers Blog

Got the blues too bad to sleep?
Tuesday 10 May 2016
It has long been known that our circadian rhythms are shaped by natural light, and that the wrong type of artificial light can have a detrimental effect on our waking and sleeping patterns.
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Got the blues too bad to sleep?

10 May 2016
Radical new approach to treatment of Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
Monday 09 May 2016
It is widely believed that Wet AMD is triggered by oxygen deprivation, but breaking research suggests that dysfunctional energy metabolism in the eye is the cause.
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Radical new approach to treatment of Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)

9 May 2016
Researchers predict 50% worldwide myopia by 2050
Thursday 07 April 2016
If current trends continue, half the world’s population will be myopic by 2050. Such is the stark warning recently issued by researchers in the prestigious journal Ophthalmology.
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Researchers predict 50% worldwide myopia by 2050

7 Apr 2016
The death of the traffic light?
Friday 01 April 2016
Had enough of sitting at lights that seem to have been programmed by a sadist? It would seem one group of boffins are prepared to wait no longer…
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The death of the traffic light?

1 Apr 2016
‘Overstretched NHS' threatens UK eye health
Thursday 31 March 2016
In a chilling warning for an ageing society, an eminent Ophthalmologist claims hundreds in the UK already suffer irreversible sight loss every year due to insufficient NHS resources.
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‘Overstretched NHS' threatens UK eye health

31 Mar 2016
Stem cell first for cataracts
Wednesday 30 March 2016
It is estimated that over 50% of cases of blindness worldwide can be attributed to cataracts. For the first time, stem cell therapy has been successfully used to correct the condition.
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Stem cell first for cataracts

30 Mar 2016
Bionic eye trial gives new hope
Wednesday 24 February 2016
A team of specialists at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford are trialling a bionic eye implant in six patients with little or no sight.
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Bionic eye trial gives new hope

24 Feb 2016
It’ll be all white on the night…or will it?
Wednesday 17 February 2016
The first multi-disciplinary research of its kind has shown that night-time pedestrians feel safer in streets illuminated with white light than they do when lit by the more common sodium-yellow light.
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It’ll be all white on the night…or will it?

17 Feb 2016
New lease of life for tungsten bulbs?
Tuesday 16 February 2016
In a remarkable change of direction in the search for energy efficient lighting, researchers at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a technique that could make tungsten filament bulbs three times more efficient than LED
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New lease of life for tungsten bulbs?

16 Feb 2016
A stem-cell first for macular degeneration
Monday 15 February 2016
In a pioneering clinical trial, a patient with macular degeneration has been treated using lab-grown stem cells at University College London.
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A stem-cell first for macular degeneration

15 Feb 2016
Plant-Powered Lamps bring Light to Darkest Peru…
Friday 04 December 2015
Nuevo Saposoa is typical of many Peruvian rainforest villages. Wet, dark, and with little access to electricity, good light is only to be found in the tree canopy.
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Plant-Powered Lamps bring Light to Darkest Peru…

4 Dec 2015
Li-Fi becomes a working reality
Thursday 03 December 2015
Another milestone in the journey to internet via light waves was achieved this week when Li-Fi it was tested by an Estonian start-up in Tallinn , using Li-Fi enabled LED bulbs to transmit data at speeds of 1Gbps.
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Li-Fi becomes a working reality

3 Dec 2015