Serious Readers Blog
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New Research Reveals Low Gravity In Space Impacts Astronaut’s Eyesight
Tuesday 29 October 2013According to researchers from Houston Methodist, NASA Johnson Space Center and two other institutions, two weeks in space might be enough to produce changes in eye structure and gene expression.
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New Research Reveals Low Gravity In Space Impacts Astronaut’s Eyesight
29 Oct 2013 -
LED Street Lights To Be Installed In New York City
Monday 28 October 2013Say goodbye to those "horror movie-kind" of street lights. New York City is in the process of converting 250,000 standard street light fixtures to energy-efficient, light-emitting diodes (or in layman's terms LEDs).
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LED Street Lights To Be Installed In New York City
28 Oct 2013 -
'Instant' setup eyecare scheme unveiled
Friday 25 October 2013Specsavers is launching a fully online administration system that it says will allow firms to set up and implement an employee eyecare scheme within minutes.
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'Instant' setup eyecare scheme unveiled
25 Oct 2013 -
How LED Lighting Is Being Used to Comfort Patients in Intensive Care
Thursday 24 October 2013If you've ever stepped foot in an intensive care unit, you'll know that they can be pretty grim environments. That's all changing, though, thanks to LED lighting systems that can actually be used to improve patient care.
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How LED Lighting Is Being Used to Comfort Patients in Intensive Care
24 Oct 2013 -
Books still beat tablets for reading to children
Wednesday 23 October 2013Over half of British households may now have a tablet, but when it comes to bedtime stories parents still prefer the feel of paper.
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Books still beat tablets for reading to children
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Blue glowing 'starpath' could be the future of street lighting
Tuesday 22 October 2013A council has unveiled what could become the future of street lighting - a road surface which glows in the dark.
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Blue glowing 'starpath' could be the future of street lighting
22 Oct 2013 -
LED light bulb 'li-fi' closer, say Chinese scientists
Monday 21 October 2013Wi-fi connectivity from a light bulb - or "li-fi" - has come a step closer, according to Chinese scientists.
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LED light bulb 'li-fi' closer, say Chinese scientists
21 Oct 2013 -
Leveraging alternative sources of energy to power sustainable, low-cost lighting solutions for the entire globe.
Friday 18 October 2013With a rising global population, many of whom have limited access to resources, the 24-hour a day lighting we so often take for granted has never looked more like a luxury to cherish.
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Leveraging alternative sources of energy to power sustainable, low-cost lighting solutions for the entire globe.
18 Oct 2013 -
Iceland: Where one in 10 people will publish a book
Thursday 17 October 2013Iceland is experiencing a book boom. This island nation of just over 300,000 people has more writers, more books published and more books read, per head, than anywhere else in the world.
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Iceland: Where one in 10 people will publish a book
17 Oct 2013 -
Loss of Anti-Aging Gene Possible Culprit in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Wednesday 16 October 2013A team of researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) has found that loss of an anti-aging gene induces retinal degeneration in mice and might contribute to age-related macular degeneration, the major cause of blindness in the elderly.
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Loss of Anti-Aging Gene Possible Culprit in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
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Poll shows ereaders lead to more reading, online sharing
Tuesday 15 October 2013A poll conducted by USA Today and Bookish found that 40% of adults now own an ereader or tablet.
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Poll shows ereaders lead to more reading, online sharing
15 Oct 2013 -
Hartlepool considers LED upgrade
Monday 14 October 2013Hartlepool Borough Council is proposing to replace all of Hartlepool’s 13,644 street lights with LED luminaires in a 12-month scheme.
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Hartlepool considers LED upgrade
14 Oct 2013
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