UPM researchers have developed an optical biosensor with an easy, fast and affordable method of read-out that allows the in vitro detection of a biological material. The results obtained are promising for the diagnosis of ...
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 7, 2017
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The conjunctivitis-transmitting Oriental eye fly (Siphunculina funicola) has been recorded for the first time in China. In the same paper, published in the open access journal ZooKeys, a team of three scientists further describe ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 3, 2017
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IBM Research has today announced new research developments in IBM Watson's ability to detect abnormalities of the eye's retina. The Melbourne based IBM researchers have trained a research version of Watson to recognize abnormalities ...
Computer Sciences
Feb 22, 2017
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Although mutations in the PARK2 gene that encodes the Parkin protein are associated with developing early-onset Parkinson's disease (PD), much remains to be discovered about how Parkin functions in cells and how loss of Parkin ...
Biochemistry
Dec 13, 2016
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Do you blush or avoid eye contact when you're standing in line to buy personal items? What about when you buy them online?
Social Sciences
Mar 31, 2015
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EU researchers have developed a 3D headset that could help visually impaired people move around more safely and easily.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 25, 2014
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The eye is an exquisitely sensitive system with many aspects that remain somewhat of a mystery—both in the laboratory and in the clinic. A U.S.-based team of mathematicians and optometrists is working to change this by ...
Soft Matter
May 6, 2014
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Those who travel to space are rewarded with a beautiful sight - planet Earth. But the effects of space travel on the human sense of sight aren't so beautiful. More than 30 percent of astronauts who returned from two-week ...
Space Exploration
Dec 11, 2013
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Simon Kamau, 26, has been in almost constant pain since he was a playful three-year-old and accidentally pierced his eye with a sharp object, but smartphone technology now offers hope.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 4, 2013
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A smartphone app could improve travel arrangements and safety for sufferers of the otherwise debilitating sight problem of night blindness.
Software
Aug 1, 2013
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