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Optical means to correct defects in vision or relating to sight or vision; visual. It is relating to vision or using the properties to aid vision an optical instrument.
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APR 25, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Advanced microscopy is getting better all the time, as stunning new movies from the team of physicist Eric Betzig, a gro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 21, 2018Chemistry & Physics
What exactly happens in the middle of a thunderstorm? The question seems so basic, yet science has not provided a compre ...Written By: Daniel DuanAPR 11, 2018Plants & Animals
Fossils often speak volumes about the physical features and lifestyles of some of the world’s earliest-known forms ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 05, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Physicists have long pondered the question: why is our universe made mostly of matter but not antimatter? Theoretically, ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 29, 2018Technology
Inside the space helmet replica, fish-eye optics, built-in audio and laser projection create "an exceptionally wide fiel ...Written By: Julia TraversMAR 26, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always hunting for worlds beyond our solar system to learn more about how our planetary neighborhood for ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 25, 2018Videos
Origami is an ancient Japanese art involving paper-folding, but we can attribute it to so much more than just paper. NAS ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 14, 2018Neuroscience
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a devastating neurological disorder that is thought to be caused by a problem with the immune ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 07, 2018Videos
Being able to flip a switch and control a brain sounds like the latest sci-fi movie, but it's a real thing in the field ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 23, 2018Microbiology
Nature produces some amazing colors, like the pigments on the feathers of a bird or the wings of a butterfly.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 21, 2018Space & Astronomy
Supernovae are massive stellar explosions that mark the end of a star’s life cycle. They occur randomly and withou ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 15, 2018Chemistry & Physics
In a recent paper, astrophysicists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has come up with a new hypothesis of wha ...Written By: Daniel DuanFEB 07, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
A new sensing instrument that can now dissolve on its own inside the body could offer a host of opportunities for health ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 06, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Scientists are good at finding connections between two seemingly unrelated concepts to generate new ideas and invent new ...Written By: Daniel DuanJAN 31, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Just when you think we have arrived at the "Star Wars" level technology with the latest hologram platforms, a ...Written By: Daniel DuanJAN 29, 2018Chemistry & Physics
A petawatt laser with the capacity to rip space apart to create particles out of vacuumWritten By:JAN 14, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers admit that we still have much to learn about stellar development; namely the stages of a star’s life b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 29, 2017Technology
Rao's Tethys device is named after the Greek Titan Goddess of Fresh Water.Written By: Julia TraversDEC 26, 2017Health & Medicine
A hot cup of tea can be a welcome break during the day, but recent research suggests it might be more than that. A study ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 19, 2017Videos
Millions of people worldwide suffer from vision impairments. In the US alone, over 4 million Americans over 40 are visua ...DEC 12, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Hypoxia, as the name indicates, is a condition in which a part of body experiences a lack of oxygen. Tissue hypoxia aris ...Written By: Daniel DuanDEC 06, 2017Cardiology
For the first time, scientists have applied all-optical ultrasound imaging in a “clinically realistic environment, ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 04, 2017Plants & Animals
If you’ve ever seen a scallop before, then you can probably attest to how non-complex they look at first glance. T ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 01, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Neutrinos are one of the most plentiful yet elusive fundamental particles out there. They are close to the more familiar ...Written By: Daniel Duan
APR 25, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Advanced microscopy is getting better all the time, as stunning new movies from the team of physicist Eric Betzig, a gro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 21, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
What exactly happens in the middle of a thunderstorm? The question seems so basic, yet science has not provided a compre
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
APR 11, 2018
Plants & Animals
Fossils often speak volumes about the physical features and lifestyles of some of the world’s earliest-known forms
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 05, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Physicists have long pondered the question: why is our universe made mostly of matter but not antimatter? Theoretically,
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 29, 2018
Technology
Inside the space helmet replica, fish-eye optics, built-in audio and laser projection create "an exceptionally wide fiel
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
MAR 26, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always hunting for worlds beyond our solar system to learn more about how our planetary neighborhood for
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 25, 2018
Videos
Origami is an ancient Japanese art involving paper-folding, but we can attribute it to so much more than just paper. NAS
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 14, 2018
Neuroscience
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a devastating neurological disorder that is thought to be caused by a problem with the immune
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 07, 2018
Videos
Being able to flip a switch and control a brain sounds like the latest sci-fi movie, but it's a real thing in the field
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 23, 2018
Microbiology
Nature produces some amazing colors, like the pigments on the feathers of a bird or the wings of a butterfly.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Supernovae are massive stellar explosions that mark the end of a star’s life cycle. They occur randomly and withou
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 15, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
In a recent paper, astrophysicists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has come up with a new hypothesis of wha
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
FEB 07, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new sensing instrument that can now dissolve on its own inside the body could offer a host of opportunities for health
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 06, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Scientists are good at finding connections between two seemingly unrelated concepts to generate new ideas and invent new
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JAN 31, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Just when you think we have arrived at the "Star Wars" level technology with the latest hologram platforms, a
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JAN 29, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
A petawatt laser with the capacity to rip space apart to create particles out of vacuum
Written By:
JAN 14, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers admit that we still have much to learn about stellar development; namely the stages of a star’s life b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 29, 2017
Technology
Rao's Tethys device is named after the Greek Titan Goddess of Fresh Water.
Written By:
Julia Travers
DEC 26, 2017
Health & Medicine
A hot cup of tea can be a welcome break during the day, but recent research suggests it might be more than that. A study
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 19, 2017
Videos
Millions of people worldwide suffer from vision impairments. In the US alone, over 4 million Americans over 40 are visua
...
DEC 12, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Hypoxia, as the name indicates, is a condition in which a part of body experiences a lack of oxygen. Tissue hypoxia aris
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
DEC 06, 2017
Cardiology
For the first time, scientists have applied all-optical ultrasound imaging in a “clinically realistic environment,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 04, 2017
Plants & Animals
If you’ve ever seen a scallop before, then you can probably attest to how non-complex they look at first glance. T
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 01, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Neutrinos are one of the most plentiful yet elusive fundamental particles out there. They are close to the more familiar
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan