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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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APR 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 ...APR 12, 2016Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia are devastating to patients and their families because when memori ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 11, 2016Cancer
In an effort to improve sensitivity for cancer detection, engineers at the Case Western Reserve University have achieved ...APR 07, 2016Genetics & Genomics
All the baby pictures, financial transactions, funny cat videos, and email messages that we hoard often require tec ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 28, 2016Health & Medicine
As a long-time contact lens wearer, I am intimately familiar with the discomfort of dry contact lenses. You would think ...Written By: Cassidy ReichMAR 25, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have many tools at their disposal for looking at preserved tissue under a microscope in incredible detail, or ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 18, 2016Microbiology
University of Houston researchers developed a new, photothermal technique to kill bacteria. The technique uses gold disk ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 15, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Wearable technologies are getting smarter everyday, incorporating biometrics about our bodies in new and unexpected ways ...MAR 01, 2016Neuroscience
The vast network of neurons, dendrites, axons and other hardware that is responsible for sending messages all over the b ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 26, 2016Cardiology
Heart disease is the leading cause of death nationally and globally. Using the most advanced 3D printing technology, sci ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 24, 2016Space & Astronomy
You can never have too powerful of a telescope, and now NASA is working on its next future exploration project – t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 14, 2016Microbiology
Cyanobacteria have the unique ability to move towards light, a process called phototaxis. According to microbiologists I ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 01, 2016Cancer
Engineers are developing a handheld microscope, roughly the size of a pen, that could help surgeons see at the cellular ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 01, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
As you start across the street, out of the corner of your eye, you spot something moving toward you. Instantly, your bra ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 21, 2016Neuroscience
Many people take for granted the ability to look at a page of words and read them. The eyes, together with the brain, de ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When x-ray radiation fails or when complete surgical removal is not possible, chemotherapy is the next best available op ...JAN 19, 2016Chemistry & Physics
The shiny skins of certain ribbonfish reflect light across a broad range of wavelengths, giving them a brilliant metalli ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Gold nanoparticles have unusual optical, electronic, and chemical properties. But the tiny particles are much more inter ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 09, 2016Space & Astronomy
In a very notable event related to astronomy, a black hole has been observed emitting visible light with just a basic 20 ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 06, 2016Videos
Rhian Lewis recently became the first woman outside of Germany to have her vision restored with the help of a tiny retin ...DEC 01, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Injury, cell death, and disease to the nerve cells in the eye can cause irreversible vision loss and blindness. But rese ...DEC 01, 2015Neuroscience
Can you always believe your eyes? If you look at something, are you seeing what is actually there, or is there a disconn ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 13, 2015Space & Astronomy
The word pulsar is short for pulsating radio star, and it’s a phenomenon that occurs in space when a neutron star ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 05, 2015Neuroscience
Science fiction stories are full of plots involving brain chips, mind control and robots. All of that makes exciting ent ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
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
...
APR 12, 2016
Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia are devastating to patients and their families because when memori
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 11, 2016
Cancer
In an effort to improve sensitivity for cancer detection, engineers at the Case Western Reserve University have achieved
...
APR 07, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
All the baby pictures, financial transactions, funny cat videos, and email messages that we hoard often require tec
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 28, 2016
Health & Medicine
As a long-time contact lens wearer, I am intimately familiar with the discomfort of dry contact lenses. You would think
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
MAR 25, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have many tools at their disposal for looking at preserved tissue under a microscope in incredible detail, or
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 18, 2016
Microbiology
University of Houston researchers developed a new, photothermal technique to kill bacteria. The technique uses gold disk
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 15, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Wearable technologies are getting smarter everyday, incorporating biometrics about our bodies in new and unexpected ways
...
MAR 01, 2016
Neuroscience
The vast network of neurons, dendrites, axons and other hardware that is responsible for sending messages all over the b
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 26, 2016
Cardiology
Heart disease is the leading cause of death nationally and globally. Using the most advanced 3D printing technology, sci
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 24, 2016
Space & Astronomy
You can never have too powerful of a telescope, and now NASA is working on its next future exploration project – t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 14, 2016
Microbiology
Cyanobacteria have the unique ability to move towards light, a process called phototaxis. According to microbiologists I
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 01, 2016
Cancer
Engineers are developing a handheld microscope, roughly the size of a pen, that could help surgeons see at the cellular
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 01, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
As you start across the street, out of the corner of your eye, you spot something moving toward you. Instantly, your bra
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 21, 2016
Neuroscience
Many people take for granted the ability to look at a page of words and read them. The eyes, together with the brain, de
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
When x-ray radiation fails or when complete surgical removal is not possible, chemotherapy is the next best available op
...
JAN 19, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
The shiny skins of certain ribbonfish reflect light across a broad range of wavelengths, giving them a brilliant metalli
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Gold nanoparticles have unusual optical, electronic, and chemical properties. But the tiny particles are much more inter
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 09, 2016
Space & Astronomy
In a very notable event related to astronomy, a black hole has been observed emitting visible light with just a basic 20
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 06, 2016
Videos
Rhian Lewis recently became the first woman outside of Germany to have her vision restored with the help of a tiny retin
...
DEC 01, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Injury, cell death, and disease to the nerve cells in the eye can cause irreversible vision loss and blindness. But rese
...
DEC 01, 2015
Neuroscience
Can you always believe your eyes? If you look at something, are you seeing what is actually there, or is there a disconn
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 13, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The word pulsar is short for pulsating radio star, and it’s a phenomenon that occurs in space when a neutron star
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 05, 2015
Neuroscience
Science fiction stories are full of plots involving brain chips, mind control and robots. All of that makes exciting ent
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim