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Optics specialist Eric Tremblay from EPFL in Switzerland unveils the latest prototype in the telescopic contact lens and debuts accessory wink-controlled glasses that switch between normal and 2.8x magnified vision. An estimated 285 million people are visually impaired worldwide. Age-related macular degeneration alone is the leading cause of blindness among older adults in the Western world.

The discovery could significantly reduce the risk of deadly hospital-acquired infections and revolutionise the way the medical industry deals with infection control. Secondary infections are a serious and potentially deadly complication for hospital patients. Antibacterial fabrics do not allow nasty disease-causing bacteria to stick to and grow on their surface – creating an infection free

Manufacturing in the United States is in trouble. That’s bad news not just for the country’s economy but for the future of innovation. In a hangarlike building where General Electric once assembled steam turbines, a $100 million battery manufacturing facility is being constructed to make products using a chemistry never before commercialized on such a

To make fuel cells more economical, engineers want a fast and efficient iron-based molecule that splits hydrogen gas to make electricity. Online Feb. 17 at Nature Chemistry, researchers report such a catalyst. It is the first iron-based catalyst that converts hydrogen directly to electricity. The result moves chemists and engineers one step closer to widely affordable

Is it a computer program or a living being? At TU Wien (Vienna), the boundaries become blurred. The neural system of a nematode was translated into computer code – and then the virtual worm was taught amazing tricks. It is not much to look at: the nematode C. elegans is about one millimetre in length

Cambridge Consultants hopes to fill a global market vacuum and clean up big time with a new invention. The design & development hothouse has developed a new ‘eco-vacuum’ concept called Stem that would use 43 per cent less energy than its competitors. and other products using the technology are in the pipeline. Cambridge Consultants says

Harnessing plant hormones for food security in Africa Striga hermonthica, also known as purple witchweed, is an invasive parasitic plant that threatens food production in sub-Saharan Africa. It is estimated to ruin up to 40 per cent of the region’s staple crops, the equivalent of $7-10 billion, putting the livelihoods and food supplies of 300 million

The fish’s unique way of swimming could improve deep-sea vehicles’ agility and fuel efficiency Stingrays swim through water with such ease that researchers from the University at Buffalo and Harvard University are studying how their movements could be used to design more agile and fuel-efficient unmanned underwater vehicles. The vehicles could allow researchers to more

IN 1982, polls showed that 44 percent of Americans believed God had created human beings in their present form. Thirty years later, the fraction of the population who are creationists is 46 percent. In 1989, when “climate change” had just entered the public lexicon, 63 percent of Americans understood it was a problem. Almost 25 years later, that

Researchers have created an interactive web tool to estimate the amount of energy that could be generated by wind or solar farms at any location. The tool, called Renewables.ninja, aims to make the task of predicting renewable output easier for both academics and industry. The creators, from Imperial College London and ETH Zürich, have already