Discovery & Inventions

Tue, 27 Apr 2021
Computer model fosters potential improvements to ‘bionic eye’ technology

Researchers develop signals that could bring color vision and improved clarity for the blind

Millions of people face the loss of their eyesight from degenerative eye diseases. The genetic disorder retinitis pigmentosa alone affects 1 in 4,000 people worldwide.

Today, there is technology available to offer partial eyesight to people with that syndrome. Argus …

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Tue, 27 Apr 2021
Effects of noise on plants persist over long periods

Study shows decreased seedlings and saplings years after removal of the noise source

Noise has a lasting effect on trees and plants, researchers recently found. A study by scientists at California Polytechnic State University reveals that human noise pollution …

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