News tagged with natural vision
Grapes may help prevent age-related blindness
Can eating grapes slow or help prevent the onset of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a debilitating condition affecting millions of elderly people worldwide? Results from a new study published in Free Radical Biology an ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Scientists invent long-lasting, near infrared-emitting material
Materials that emit visible light after being exposed to sunlight are commonplace and can be found in everything from emergency signage to glow-in-the-dark stickers. But until now, scientists have had little ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 20, 2011 |
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Smart contact lenses could make eye drops a thing of the past
(Medical Xpress) -- An Auburn University team of chemical and biomedical engineers led by Mark Byrne, the Daniel F. and Josephine Breeden Associate Professor in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, has developed a new ...
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Biologists use Sinatra-named fly to show how to see the blues -- and the greens
New York University biologists have identified a new mechanism for regulating color vision by studying a mutant fly named after Frank ('Ol Blue Eyes) Sinatra. Their findings, which appear in the journal Nature, focus on how ...
Oct 09, 2011 |
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The brain of the fly - a high-speed computer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Neurobiologists use state-of-the-art methods to decode the basics of motion detection.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Engineers turn noise into vision
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new technique for revealing images of hidden objects may one day allow pilots to peer through fog and doctors to see more precisely into the human body without surgery.
Apr 01, 2010 |
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Sharp Develops Five-Primary-Color LCD That Faithfully Reproduces Real Surface Colors
Sharp Corporation has developed a five-primary-color display that faithfully reproduces the real surface colors that humans are capable of perceiving. A prototype of this display will be exhibited at the international symposium ...
May 29, 2009 |
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Protein-protein interaction explains vision loss in genetic diseases
The mystery of genetic disease is only partially solved with the identification of a mutated gene. Often, the pattern of disease - the features or disorders associated with it - vary in type and severity among those who are ...
May 10, 2009 |
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