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Optical
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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SEP 02, 2016Plants & Animals
Have you ever wondered how fish in the middle of the open ocean are able to avoid predators despite the lack of a backgr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 31, 2016Space & Astronomy
While some scientists are peering out into the great beyond looking for a supposed Planet Nine, others have recently fou ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 13, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Using powerful microscopy techniques, researchers have learned more about autophagy, a waste recycling process employed ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2016Cardiology
"The level of precision is reminiscent of what one can do in a computer model, except here it was done in real hear ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUL 30, 2016Health & Medicine
Certain antibiotics, immunosuppressants, anticonvulsants, chemotherapeutics, etc. are incredibly helpful, but also have ...Written By: Cassidy ReichJUL 27, 2016Space & Astronomy
Brown dwarfs are essentially stars that fail to spark the energy needed to produce nuclear fusion. Instead of being brig ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 25, 2016Space & Astronomy
Space is large, and there’s almost no way we’re ever going to be able to map out the entire universe because ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 25, 2016Neuroscience
“My what a big brain you have!” While it’s true that the big bad wolf never said this to Little Red Ri ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 23, 2016Microbiology
Scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego have created the Benthi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 16, 2016Videos
Scientists working in collaboration at Harvard, Stanford and Sogang Universities were inspired by batoid fish such as st ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 02, 2016Space & Astronomy
Jupiter has long been a mystery, and that’s why when NASA’s Juno spacecraft gets close to our solar system&r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 30, 2016Space & Astronomy
There are lots of different galaxy formations out there, with spiral being the most common due of the forces of gravity, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 24, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Data published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is the most convincing evidence seen yet tha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2016Health & Medicine
For unknown reasons, T lymphocytes are known to go rogue, leaving the bloodstream to attack the myelin sheath, the insul ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 13, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy are looking to apply DNA, the blueprints of our genetic material, to nanop ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 12, 2016Space & Astronomy
It has long been a goal of astronomers too realize the achievement of taking an actual photograph of a black hole, but t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 09, 2016Videos
People have been using optics to improve their vision for centuries, and optic technology has come a long way. On the ot ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 05, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are in awe as they have recently discovered a gigantic cluster of galaxies forming about 12 billion light ye ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 30, 2016Neuroscience
In 2013, President Obama’s BRAIN (Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative was la ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 11, 2016Cardiology
Newly developed drugs can take 7-10 years to be approved in the United States, and that does not account for the many ye ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Diabetes is a worldwide epidemic; nearly 422 million people worldwide are afflicted with this chronic condition. Timely ...APR 28, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
To track cells, new lab-on-a-chip technology is borrowing a technique used by cellular networks to track phones. The dev ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 21, 2016Space & Astronomy
A special type of full Moon occurs in the month of April, and it’s known as a ‘Pink Moon.’ Tonight, Ap ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 17, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
It looks like a stick-on tattoo of the future, and this laminated version can turn your body into a walking electronic d ...
SEP 02, 2016
Plants & Animals
Have you ever wondered how fish in the middle of the open ocean are able to avoid predators despite the lack of a backgr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 31, 2016
Space & Astronomy
While some scientists are peering out into the great beyond looking for a supposed Planet Nine, others have recently fou
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 13, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Using powerful microscopy techniques, researchers have learned more about autophagy, a waste recycling process employed
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2016
Cardiology
"The level of precision is reminiscent of what one can do in a computer model, except here it was done in real hear
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUL 30, 2016
Health & Medicine
Certain antibiotics, immunosuppressants, anticonvulsants, chemotherapeutics, etc. are incredibly helpful, but also have
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
JUL 27, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Brown dwarfs are essentially stars that fail to spark the energy needed to produce nuclear fusion. Instead of being brig
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 25, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Space is large, and there’s almost no way we’re ever going to be able to map out the entire universe because
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 25, 2016
Neuroscience
“My what a big brain you have!” While it’s true that the big bad wolf never said this to Little Red Ri
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 23, 2016
Microbiology
Scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego have created the Benthi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 16, 2016
Videos
Scientists working in collaboration at Harvard, Stanford and Sogang Universities were inspired by batoid fish such as st
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 02, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter has long been a mystery, and that’s why when NASA’s Juno spacecraft gets close to our solar system&r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 30, 2016
Space & Astronomy
There are lots of different galaxy formations out there, with spiral being the most common due of the forces of gravity,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Data published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is the most convincing evidence seen yet tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2016
Health & Medicine
For unknown reasons, T lymphocytes are known to go rogue, leaving the bloodstream to attack the myelin sheath, the insul
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 13, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy are looking to apply DNA, the blueprints of our genetic material, to nanop
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 12, 2016
Space & Astronomy
It has long been a goal of astronomers too realize the achievement of taking an actual photograph of a black hole, but t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 09, 2016
Videos
People have been using optics to improve their vision for centuries, and optic technology has come a long way. On the ot
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 05, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are in awe as they have recently discovered a gigantic cluster of galaxies forming about 12 billion light ye
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 30, 2016
Neuroscience
In 2013, President Obama’s BRAIN (Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative was la
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 11, 2016
Cardiology
Newly developed drugs can take 7-10 years to be approved in the United States, and that does not account for the many ye
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Diabetes is a worldwide epidemic; nearly 422 million people worldwide are afflicted with this chronic condition. Timely
...
APR 28, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
To track cells, new lab-on-a-chip technology is borrowing a technique used by cellular networks to track phones. The dev
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 21, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A special type of full Moon occurs in the month of April, and it’s known as a ‘Pink Moon.’ Tonight, Ap
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 17, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
It looks like a stick-on tattoo of the future, and this laminated version can turn your body into a walking electronic d
...