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British Ecological Society Winter Meeting
Press Invitation You are invited to the UK's premier ecological event, the British Ecological Society's Winter Meeting, being held at the University of Warwick on 18-20 December 2001. Thousands of ecologists from the throughout the world will be attending the meeting, which includes more than 300 papers and 100 posters, as well as the presentation... view more... (2001-11-23)

Sense and sensibility in short-term memory
More than three centuries ago, Sir Isaac Newton reflected on the similarities between the sense of hearing and the sense of sight. Newton's speculations were impossible to test scientifically, until now.   view more (2007-02-20)

Flower power
A plastic "energy flower'' that collects solar and wind energy that can then be used to power appliances in the home for free has won a Northumbria University student a top award. Paul Richardson, a third year design student, won a £1,750 Design International Attachment Award from the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts,... view more... (2002-05-24)

National Chemistry Week: 19-26 November 1999
Events planned for the week include a series of lectures for schools at the Royal Institution and the Science Museum, London, exhibitions and events at hands-on science centres in Cardiff, Runcorn and Aberdeen and a course on The Chemistry of Art at the National Gallery. The Society's members have organised activities within their local areas to... view more... (1999-11-15)

First clinical trial of gene therapy for childhood blindness
The first clinical trial to test a revolutionary treatment for blindness in children has been announced by researchers at UCL (University College London).   view more (2007-05-02)

Older whites more likely to have signs of future eye disease than blacks
White individuals older than 65 are more likely than black individuals to have characteristics that indicate they will develop more advanced forms of the eye disease age-related macular degeneration (AMD).   view more (2008-02-12)

Results with newer bladeless LASIK equivalent to standard microkeratome LASIK
A Mayo Clinic study comparing femtosecond (bladeless) and mechanical microkeratome LASIK surgeries has found equal results from both types six months post-surgery, using a variety of vision and eye health measurements.   view more (2006-05-04)

New study challenges 'critical period' in childhood vision development
Understanding how the human brain learns to perceive objects is one of the ultimate challenges in neuroscience. In 2003, Pawan Sinha, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, launched an initiative with the hopes of shedding some light on the acquisition of visual skills.   view more (2007-01-05)

Scientists find color vision system independent of motion detection
The vision system used to process color is separate from that used to detect motion, according to a new study by researchers at New York University's Center for Developmental Genetics and in the Department of Genetics and Neurobiology at Germany's University of Würzburg.   view more (2008-03-20)

Repair not destruction: A new approach to treating retinopathy
Many diseases of the eye (such as retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and diabetic retinopathy) that result in loss of vision are the result of the growth of abnormal blood vessels that leak and bleed.   view more (2006-11-17)

Wound botulism
In a case study in PLoS Medicine, doctors report on the case of a 35 year old heroin user who came to the accident and emergency department with double vision, slurred speech, drooping eyelids, and eye muscle weakness. The diagnosis turned out to be wound botulism.   view more (2006-12-26)

Image processing for applications in artificial vision
For a robot to identify objects in a particular image, it is first necessary that it can "see" them. With this aim, in artificial vision, edge detectors are normally used, i.e. computer programmes that delimit the objects in an image and define the limits between them and the background, and between the different objects themselves.   view more (2006-01-17)

Gene linked to aggressive 'wet' age-related macular degeneration
A gene variant that increases the risk of developing the aggressive "wet" form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common cause of blindness in people over age 50, is reported in two recent articles in Science by researchers at Yale School of Medicine.   view more (2006-11-27)

Drug treatment slows macular vision loss in diabetics
A drug commonly used to slow the loss of central vision has shown promise in stemming a common precursor of blindness in diabetics, which involves the same central light-sensitive area of retina, Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute scientists report.   view more (2006-12-18)

SMART-1 uses new imaging technique in lunar orbit
ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft has been surveying the Moon's surface in visible and near-infrared light using a new technique, never before tried in lunar orbit.   view more (2005-12-27)

Research highlights risk factors for age-related vision loss
Eating fish frequently may be associated with decreased chances of developing age-related macular degeneration, while smoking nearly doubles the risk for this common cause of vision loss and hormone therapy appears to have no effect.   view more (2006-07-11)

Color contrast is 'seen' by the brain early doors
Colour contrast is detected much earlier in the brain than previously thought, a new study shows.   view more (2007-09-10)

Doctors cut repeat LASIK visits dramatically
Ophthalmologists have developed a formula that slashes by nearly two-thirds the likelihood that patients will need repeat visits to an eye surgeon to adjust their vision after their initial LASIK visit.   view more (2006-09-19)

Good School Buildings Can Boost Achievement
"Improving the quality of school buildings is essential if we are to succeed in raising achievement." David Blunkett, former Secretary of State for Education and Employment, 1997 The quality of school buildings can help or hinder learning and teaching, says a new study from London University`s Institute of Education. Well-designed buildings and... view more... (2002-06-20)

Stem cell therapy shows promise for rescuing deteriorating vision
For the millions of Americans whose vision is slowly ebbing due to degenerative diseases of the eye, the lowly neural progenitor cell may be riding to the rescue.   view more (2007-03-28)
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