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A Tiny Grain Helps Reveal the History of a Rock
March 25, 2013 — Researchers can use the mineral rutile to learn about rock types and their history. Two articles now present a new application of a method for more easily tracing the mineral ... > full story -
Implantable Telescope Lens to Treat Macular Degeneration Available at Johns Hopkins
March 21, 2013 — Approximately two million Americans who have the advanced form of AMD, which affects the region of the retina responsible for central, detailed vision, and is the leading cause of irreversible vision ... > full story -
Researchers Alter Mosquito Genome With Goal of Controlling Disease
March 21, 2013 — With a technique called TALENS, scientists used a pair of engineered proteins to disrupt a targeted gene in the mosquito genome, changing the eye color of ensuing generations of the insect. The ... > full story -
Archerfish Get an Eye Test
March 21, 2013 — A modified version of an eye test used to assess visual acuity in the military has been given to archerfish by scientists to help explain how these remarkable fish are able to accurately spit down ... > full story -
Neanderthal Brains Focused on Vision and Movement Leaving Less Room for Social Networking
March 19, 2013 — Neanderthal brains were adapted to allow them to see better and maintain larger bodies, according to new research. Although Neanderthals' brains were similar in size to their contemporary modern ... > full story -
Blind Flies Without Recycling: How Drosophila Recovers the Neurotransmitter Histamine
March 18, 2013 — In the fruit fly Drosophila, the functions of the three enzymes Tan, Ebony and Black are closely intertwined -- among other things they are involved in neurotransmitter recycling for the visual ... > full story -
Cancer Researchers Discover New Type of Retinoblastoma in Babies
March 12, 2013 — Cancer researchers have discovered a new type of retinoblastoma, a rapidly developing eye cancer that affects very young babies -– a finding that can immediately change clinical practice and ... > full story -
Long-Suspected Cause of Blindness from Eye Disease Disproved
March 11, 2013 — The lack of very long chain fatty acids does not cause blindness in children with the incurable eye disease known as Stargardt type 3 retinal ... > full story -
Detecting Cesium With Naked Eyes
March 11, 2013 — Micrometer-level naked-eye detection of cesium ions, a major source of contamination in the vicinity of radioactive leaks, is demonstrated in a material developed by researchers in ... > full story -
Comet PANSTARRS Rises to the Occasion Mid-March
March 8, 2013 — Comets visible to the naked eye are a rare delicacy in the celestial smorgasbord of objects in the nighttime sky. Scientists estimate that the opportunity to see one of these icy dirtballs ... > full story
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