Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A light, cheap space telescope design would make it possible to put many individual units in space at once. Katie Yung, Daniel ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Twelve years ago at the AECOS meeting, a program chair asked the audience if in 10 years we would be able to ...

Oct. 27, 2004 (New Orleans) — New data from a European trial of the AcrySof ReSTOR MA60D3 intraocular lens (IOL) shows that overall 74% of bilateral cataract patients did not use glasses for near or ...

Patients who underwent refractive lens exchange with a diffractive multifocal IOL had contrast sensitivity comparable with that of preoperative levels under photopic and mesopic lighting conditions.

Astronomers have discovered more than 5,000 planets outside of the solar system to date. The grand question is whether any of these planets are home to life. To find the answer, astronomers will ...

Engineers at the University of Utah have developed a new method of creating optics which are flat and ultra-thin, yet can still bend light to a single point like traditional lenses. It's hoped the ...

To evaluate the effect of mild posterior capsule opacity (PCO) on visual acuity (VA) in eyes implanted with a diffractive multifocal intraocular lens (IOL) compared with a monofocal IOL, and the ...

Many applications can benefit using a single laser machine which can switch between different wavelengths for different processes with high precision and without interruption of continuous work. Using ...

It’s not uncommon to see patented products never make it off paper. But if Canon’s latest lens patent is anything to go by, Canon could soon have one of the most impressive super-telephoto lenses on ...

GENEVA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Alcon (SIX/NYSE: ALC), the global leader in eye care dedicated to helping people see brilliantly, has commercially launched the first and only non-diffractive extended depth ...

Latest addition to Alcon’s intraocular lens (IOL) portfolio expands surgeons’ presbyopia-correcting IOL (PC-IOL) offerings Vivity X-WAVE technology delivers extended range of vision while maintaining ...