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Environmental satellites are rapidly failing
11-10-2012 |
12
The failure of older instruments and the lack of replacements could lead to future 'climate blindness'.
Could whiskers help the blind to see ?
11-6-2012 | 6
Rats use their whiskers to help sense the world around them - could the same thing work for humans ?
Psychics submit to blind reading test
10-31-2012 | 18
Some of the UK's top psychics were invited to take part in a test designed to prove their abilities.
Gene therapy used to stop eyesight loss
11-1-2011 | 1
Geneticists at Oxford University use gene therapy to halt a man's progressive blindness.
Man's sight restored after 55 years
6-19-2011 | 4
A man who was blind in one eye for 55 years can see again after surgeons reattached his retina.
Scientists settle perception debate
4-14-2011 | 8
If a person blind from birth was suddenly able to see would he be able to visually distinguish objects ?
Blindness cause clue discovered
2-8-2011 | 5
A team of scientists have discovered the enzyme which causes age related macular degeneration.
All-seeing car could help blind people drive
2-6-2011 | 14
Mark Riccobono has become the first blind man in the US to legally drive a car around a racetrack.
Sharks found to be colourblind
1-20-2011 | 15
New research in to sharks has revealed that they are completely unable to see colours.
Blind soldier 'sees' through his tongue
3-16-2010 | 3
A soldier blinded by a grenade attack in Iraq is helping test out a new device that allows him to 'see' with his tongue.
New stem cell treatment could cure blindness
11-23-2009 | 2
Trials could soon begin of a controversial new treatment using stem cells to treat a form of incurable blindness, if a l...
Blind boy uses his ears to 'see'
10-7-2009 | 2
Seven-year-old Lucas Murray is completely blind but is nonetheless able to see through a type of echolocation, a techniq...
Blind man regains sight through tooth
7-5-2009 | 26
A man who was blinded 12 years ago following an accident at his workplace has regained his sight after doctors removed o...
Stem cell contact lens helps blind see
5-30-2009 | 15
A groundbreaking new procedure has been developed to help people with impaired vision due to corneal disease, the operat...
Echo vision: the man who sees with sound
4-15-2009 | 13
Daniel Kish describes his first day at school as a blind person, where instead of being able to see where he is going wi...
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