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New therapies expected to help reduce future visual burden of age-related eye disease

The prevalence of the eye disease age-related macular degeneration is projected to increase substantially by 2050, but the use of new therapies is expected to help mitigate its effects on vision, according to results of simulation ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Inspired by steel, nanomanufacturing gets wear-resistant carbide tip

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and IBM Research - Zurich have fabricated an ultrasharp silicon carbide tip possessing such high strength ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

NASA's Galaxy Evolution explorer in standby mode

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer, or Galex, was placed in standby mode today as engineers prepare to end mission operations, nearly nine years after the telescope's launch. The spacecraft ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Hubble zooms in on a magnified galaxy

(PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to the presence of a natural "zoom lens" in space, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope got a uniquely close-up look at the brightest "magnified" galaxy yet discovered.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Jumping spider uses fuzzy eyesight to judge distance

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the ways in which humans determine distance is by estimating the sharpness of an image—closer objects produce a sharp image, while those further away are out of focus. For us, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 12 | with audio podcast report

How to see the best meteor showers of 2012: Tools, tips and 'save the dates'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether you're watching from a downtown area or the dark countryside, here are some tips to help you enjoy these celestial shows of shooting stars. Those streaks of light are really caused ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 02, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

What are the prospects for sustaining high-quality groundwater?

Intensive agriculture practices developed during the past century have helped improve food security for many people but have also added to nitrate pollution in surface and groundwaters. New research has looked at water quality ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Vampire star reveals its secrets

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have obtained the best images ever of a star that has lost most of its material to a vampire companion. By combining the light captured by four telescopes at ESO’s Paranal ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

500 million-year-old super predator had remarkable vision

South Australian Museum and University of Adelaide scientists working on fossils from Kangaroo Island, South Australia, have found eyes belonging to a giant 500 million-year-old marine predator that sat at ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (17) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

New treatment for Multiple Sclerosis: Cambridge University translates research at the bench into a drug at the bedside

The culmination of three decades of research in Cambridge has resulted in the exciting prospect of a new transformational treatment for multiple sclerosis.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Going with the flow: Biomimetic pressure sensors help guide oceangoing vessels

Since the 1970s, when early autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) were developed at MIT, Institute scientists have tackled various barriers to robots that can travel autonomously in the deep ocean. This fo ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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