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Lenses of the Future May Use Liquid Crystals to Combat Presbyopia
Thursday, October 22 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Vision Science
Liquid crystals, the same material in your television and smartphone screens, may soon be found within intraocular lens implants, according to...
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Nobel Prize Awarded for Discovery of Drug to Fight River Blindness
Thursday, October 15 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Awards, Vision Science
Among the winners of the Nobel Prize for Medicine 2015, announced on October 5th, were scientists William Campbell and Satoshi Omura, for their...
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University of Montreal Research: Using Stem Cells to Fight AMD
Friday, October 9 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Vision Science
Cone cells produced from embryonic stem cells and transplanted into the retina could be an effective weapon in the fight against AMD, according to...
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New CL Case Changes Colour when Bacterial Contamination Detected
Thursday, October 8 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Vision Science
Researchers from the University of Manchester unveiled a microbiosensor embedded in a contact lens case that can detect unsafe levels of living...
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Predator or Prey?
Friday, October 2 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Vision Science
A study of the pupils of 214 species of animal, published in the journal Science Advances, concluded that those with vertical pupils (like a cat) are...
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