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'First Bionic Eye' Retinal Chip for Blind
June 29, 2013 A new bionic eye works by converting video images captured by a miniature camera, housed in the patient's glasses, into a series of small electrical pulses that are transmitted wirelessly to an array ... > full story -
Aerial Mosquito Spraying Study Finds No Immediate Public Health Risks
June 27, 2013 In what researchers say is the first public health study of the aerial mosquito spraying method to prevent West Nile virus, a new study analyzed emergency department records from Sacramento area ... > full story -
A Telescope for Your Eye: New Contact Lens Design May Improve Sight of Patients With Macular Degeneration
June 27, 2013 Contact lenses correct eyesight but do nothing to improve blurry vision of those suffering from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness among older adults in the ... > full story -
Developing a New Laser to Detect Methane Leaks
June 27, 2013 Researchers in Australia are developing a new type of laser system that will monitor methane, the main component of natural gas, levels across large areas. This will provide a useful tool for ... > full story -
Pleasure Response from Chocolate: You Can See It in the Eyes
June 24, 2013 The brain's pleasure response to tasting food can be measured through the eyes using a common, low-cost ophthalmological tool, according to a new ... > full story -
Scientists Discover Previously Unknown Requirement for Brain Development: Brain Requires Thalamic Input as Well as Genetics
June 21, 2013 Scientists have demonstrated that sensory regions in the brain develop in a fundamentally different way than previously thought, a finding that may yield new insights into visual and neural ... > full story -
'Good' Bacteria Can Battle 'Bad' Bacteria in Eye Infections
June 20, 2013 Like animal predators attacking their prey, some bacteria consume and kill other bacteria. Scientists report progress in putting predator microbes to work, attacking antibiotic resistant bacteria ... > full story -
Hubble Spots Interacting Galaxies in Close Encounter
June 20, 2013 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced a vivid new image of a pair of interacting galaxies known as Arp 142. When two galaxies stray too close to each other they begin to interact, causing ... > full story -
Making a Beeline for the Nectar: How Patterns on Flowers Help Bees Spot Their First Nectar-Rich Flower
June 20, 2013 Bumblebees searching for nectar go for signposts on flowers rather than the bull's eye. A new study shows that the markings at the center of a flower are not as important as the markings that will ... > full story -
Evolution of an Outbreak: Complications from Contaminated Steroid Injections
June 19, 2013 Magnetic resonance imaging at the site of injection of a contaminated lot of a steroid drug to treat symptoms such as back pain resulted in earlier identification of patients with probable or ... > full story
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