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Better than the human eye

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Northwestern University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are the first to develop a curvilinear camera, much like the human eye, with the significant feature ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 17, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (21) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Adjustable Fluidic Lenses for Eyesight Correction Applications

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of Arizona have created a fluid-based opthalmic lens in which the amount of fluid can be constantly adjusted to provide customized eye correction. The lens may one day be incorporated ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 3 feature

Terminator-style info-vision takes step towards reality

The streaming of real-time information across your field of vision is a step closer to reality with the development of a prototype contact lens that could potentially provide the wearer with hands-free information ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Implanted tooth helps blind US woman recover sight

A 60-year-old US grandmother, blind for nearly a decade, has recovered her sight after surgeons implanted a tooth in her eye as a base to hold a tiny plastic lens, her doctors said Wednesday.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Researchers gain focus on a bug with bifocals (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Cincinnati researchers are reporting on the discovery of a bug with bifocals - such an amazing finding that it initially had the researchers questioning whether they could believe ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers create all seeing 'eye'

The remarkable ability of insects to look in all directions at once has been emulated by a team of international scientists who have built an artificial 'eye' with an unobstructed all-round view.

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Structure of protective protein in the eye lens revealed

The human eye lens consists of a highly concentrated mix of several proteins. Protective proteins prevent these proteins from aggregating and clumping. If this protective function fails, the lens blurs and ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists obtain clearer view of how eye lens proteins are sorted

New research reveals how proteins that are critical for the transparency of the eye lens are properly sorted and localized in membrane bilayers. The study, published by Cell Press in the November 3rd issue of Biophysical Jo ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Suppressing cancer with a master control gene

Starting with the tiny fruit fly and then moving into mice and humans, researchers at VIB and K. U. Leuven show that expression of the same gene suppresses cancer in all three organisms. Reciprocally, switching off the gene ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Optometrists make custom contact lenses for long-underserved patients

While the majority of patients with common vision problems can find glasses or contact lenses fairly easily, others who suffer from diseases of the eye that affect the focus of light have more limited options ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Regenerative powers in the animal kingdom explored

Why can one animal re-grow tissues and recover function after injury, while another animal (such as a human being) cannot? This is a central question of regenerative biology, a field that has captured the ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1