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Eye drops may be about to get much more effective

Posted in Medicine on 3rd Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller

Up to 95 percent of the medicine is typically flushed out before it's able to work.

These Contact Lenses Deliver Drugs Right to Your Eyeball

Posted in Science on 30th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

In addition to correcting vision problems, these flexible lenses can be used to deliver drugs directly into the eyeballs of glaucoma patients.

The Science Behind LASIK Surgery

Posted in Medicine on 27th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

Tens of millions of these procedures have been performed and the technology is only getting better.

Parkinson's could potentially be detected by an eye test

Posted in Science on 19th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

Researchers may have discovered a method of detecting changes in the eye which could identify Parkinson's disease before its symptoms develop.

Samsung turns IBM's brain-like chip into a digital eye

Posted in Hardware on 13th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

IBM created a computer chip that works like a brain. Now, Samsung has used it to create a biologically inspired digital eye.