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Researchers create all seeing 'eye'
Jan 05, 2009 |
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The remarkable ability of insects to look in all directions at once has been emulated by a team of international scientists who have built an artificial 'eye' with an unobstructed all-round view.
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Sunlight could stop short-sightedness
Jan 06, 2009 |
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A spreading pandemic of myopia among the world’s urban children may be avoided if children spend at least two to three hours each day outdoors.
Vision impairment costs billions lost in productivity
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Corrected vision impairment could prevent billions of dollars in lost productivity annually, according to a study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of School of Public Health, the International Centre ...
Diet could reduce onset of eye disease by 20 percent
Feb 18, 2009 |
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University of Liverpool scientists claim that the degeneration of sight, caused by a common eye disease, could be reduced by up to 20% by increasing the amount of fruit, vegetables and nuts in the diet.
Glaucoma report points to increased costs
Jun 04, 2008 |
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A new Centre for Eye Research Australia/ Access Economics report shows the cost of glaucoma will more than double in the next two decades.
New supplement may help slow sight loss in elderly
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Queen's University Belfast academics have helped develop an antioxidant supplement which may slow down sight loss in elderly people.
Edge detection crucial to eyesight
Oct 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a major advance in understanding how our eyesight works, Australian scientists have shown that birds' amazing flight and landing precision relies on their ability to detect edges.
Computerized treatment of manuscripts
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Researchers at the UAB Computer Vision Centre working on the automatic recognition of manuscript documents have designed a new system that is more efficient and reliable than currently existing ones.
Scientists reveal secret of girl with 'all seeing eye'
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered how a 10-year-old girl born with half a brain is able to see normally through one eye. The youngster, from Germany, has both fields of vision in one eye and is the ...
Aircraft that can see for themselves (w/ Video)
Nov 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian researchers have made two important advances in the development of unmanned aircraft capable of seeing for themselves as they fly fast and low over dangerous terrain.
Antidepressants enhance neuronal plasticity in the visual system
Apr 17, 2008 |
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In the April 18 issue of Science, scientists from the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy and the Neuroscience Centre at the University of Helsinki, Finland, provide new information about the mechanism of action of ant ...
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