News tagged with intense light


Switching night vision on or off

Neurobiologists at the Friedrich Miescher Institute have been able to dissect a mechanism in the retina that facilitates our ability to see both in the dark and in the light. They identified a cellular switch ...

Neuroscience created Mar 27, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Reseachers develop holographic technique for bionic vision

Researchers led by biomedical engineering Professor Shy Shoham of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology are testing the power of holography to artificially stimulate cells in the eye, with hopes of ...

Medical research created Feb 26, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Traffic light system for activity could redefine how we exercise

(Medical Xpress)—The traffic light system used as a guide to health information in food could be used in a similar way to help people become more active.

Health created Feb 21, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Zebrafish reveals central regulator for development of brain histamine system

Research has shown that mutations in the psen1 gene are common in the familial forms of Alzheimer's disease, and the Presenilin-1 protein that the gene encodes is known to be involved in the cleavage of the amyloid precursor ...

Neuroscience created Feb 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The end of a dogma: Bipolar cells generate action potentials

To make information transmission to the brain reliable, the retina first has to "digitize" the image. Until now, it was widely believed that this step takes place in the retinal ganglion cells, the output ...

Medical research created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Understanding preterm infant development helps ease their entrance into the world

Every week, 150 bobwhite quail eggs arrive in the mail for Robert Lickliter, professor and director of graduate studies in the Psychology Department at FIU.

Health created Nov 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New cancer therapy using ultra-violet C (UVC) pulse flash irradiation

Johbu Itoh at the Tokai University School of Medicine in Japan has developed a new and highly effective cancer therapy method where cancer cells are irradiated with ultraviolet C (UVC) light. The new method ...

Cancer created Aug 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers develop laser technology to fight cancer

Researchers at the Center for Laser Applications at the University of Tennessee Space Institute in Tullahoma have developed a technology that goes on a "seek and destroy" mission for cancerous tumors. They have harnessed ...

Cancer created Jul 23, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Let there be light: It's good for our brains

(Medical Xpress) -- Swiss scientists have proven that light intensity influences our cognitive performance and how alert we feel, and that these positive effects last until early evening.

Neuroscience created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Intense light prevents, treats heart attacks

There are lots of ways to treat a heart attack – CPR, aspirin, clot-busters and more. Now CU medical school researchers have found a new candidate: Intense light.

Cardiology created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Modern shift work pattern potentially less harmful to health

Recent research suggests that the modern day-day-night-night shift pattern for shift workers may not be as disruptive or as potentially carcinogenic as older, more extreme shift patterns.

Health created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Moderate to intense exercise may protect the brain

Older people who regularly exercise at a moderate to intense level may be less likely to develop the small brain lesions, sometimes referred to as "silent strokes," that are the first sign of cerebrovascular disease, according ...

Neuroscience created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast