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Technology

Special contact lenses let you see infrared light – even in the dark

Nanoparticle-infused contact lenses can transform infrared radiation into different colours of visible light, potentially enabling a new form of night vision – no batteries required

News

Mind

New colour seen for the first time by tricking the eyes

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A classroom decorated to resemble a woodland as part of a myopia trial in a school in Lijiang in Yunnan province, China

Health

Classrooms decorated like woodlands seem to slow myopia progression

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Health

Ozempic is increasingly being linked to vision loss. What’s the truth?

Analysis

Mind

Do we all see red as the same colour? We finally have an answer

News

Mind

This optical illusion expands as you stare at it - and now we know why

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Why we now think the myopia epidemic can be slowed – or even reversed

Health

Why we now think the myopia epidemic can be slowed – or even reversed

Features

Health

Stem cell transplant gives hope for treating age-related sight loss

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Health

Chemical cocktail could restore sight by regenerating optic nerves

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The new design could be used on contact lenses

Technology

Spiral scratches on contact lenses can turn them into multifocals

Inscribing a spiral in the centre of a contact lens seems to create optical vortices that interact so that the lens provides a clear image of objects at all distances

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Health

Smart glasses that play sounds help people who are blind find objects

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Mind

Man who sees upside down provides clues on how we process faces

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Health

People with total colour blindness able to see red after gene therapy

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Technology

Smart glasses dim bright objects but don’t affect other things in view

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