News articles tagged with 'vision' (Page 21)
'Lazy eye' treatment shows promise in adults
— 4 Mar 2008 21:57 | HealthNew data, based on a finding first reported in 2006, suggest a simple and effective therapy for amblyopia. Clinical use will depend on optometry community…
'Fluorescent' cells give early warning for eye disease
— 26 Feb 2008 16:51 | HealthScientists at the University of Michigan have shown that their new metabolic imaging instrument can accurately detect eye disease at a very early stage. Such a device would be vision-saving…
Correcting poor vision can help preschoolers' performance
— 11 Feb 2008 22:01 | HealthPreschoolers with poor vision have lower scores in developmental testing indicative of success in school performance, but those scores improve significantly within six weeks when the…
Computer vision may not be as good as thought
— 25 Jan 2008 09:49 | PhysicsFor years, scientists have been trying to teach computers how to see like humans, and recent research has seemed to show computers making progress in recognising visual objects. A new…
People do not stand out in crowds
— 23 Jan 2008 02:59 | HealthWhy is it difficult to pick out even a familiar face in a crowd? We all experience this, but the phenomenon has been poorly understood until now. The results of a recent study may have…
Contact lenses purchased online may place individuals at risk
— 5 Jan 2008 14:34 | HealthPurchasing contact lenses online may save consumers time, but the process could cause more problems in the long run, according to a new study reported in the January issue of Optometry:…
How one pest adapted to life in the dark
— 2 Jan 2008 07:55 | BiologyA type of beetle that lives its entire life burrowing through stored grain has been found to lack full colour vision, and what's more the vision it does have breaks the rules. Most…
MIT IDs binocular vision gene
— 14 Sep 2007 17:24 | BiologyIn work that could lead to new treatments for sensory disorders in which people experience the strange phenomena of seeing better with one eye covered, MIT researchers report that they…
Fruit bats are not blind
— 15 Jun 2007 15:35 | BiologyThe retinas of most mammals contain two types of photoreceptor cells, the cones for daylight vision and colour vision, and the more sensitive rods for night vision. Nocturnal bats were…