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Saturday, September 1, 2012

ScienceDaily: Top Science News

ScienceDaily: Top Science News


Affluent people less likely to reach out to others in times of trouble?

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 07:42 AM PDT

Crises are said to bring people closer together. But a new study suggests that while the have-nots reach out to one another in times of trouble, the wealthy are more apt to find comfort in material possessions.

First implantation of prototype bionic eye with 24 electrodes: 'All of a sudden I could see a little flash of light'

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 03:50 AM PDT

In a major development, researchers in Australia have successfully performed the first implantation of an early prototype bionic eye with 24 electrodes. A patient with profound vision loss due to retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited condition, has now received the implant that enables her to experience some vision.

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