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Elderly Can See Longer with NeoVista

Elderly Can See Longer with NeoVista

NeoVista, based in California, is investigating a new treatment for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a medical condition usually found in older adults that results in a loss of vision. Although there are treatments for this ailment, they are invasive and ...

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Carina Nebula

Carina Nebula

In the cold vacuum of space, radiation from massive stars carves away at cold molecular clouds, creating bizarre, fantasy-like structures. These pillars of cold hydrogen and dust, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope, are located in the Carina Nebula. Violent ...

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IBEX to Go to the Outer Solar System

IBEX to Go to the Outer Solar System

NASA has recently accomplished the successful launch of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) probe into orbit. The spaceship will be able to collect new data on solar wind. The research can also help scientist understand the way in which solar ...

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Black Hole’s Secrets Revealed

Black Hole’s Secrets Revealed

Many galaxies have super-massive black holes at their core, which expel powerful jets of particles at nearly the speed of light. Using the National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s very long baseline array, scientists recently confirmed the leading theory, according to which ...

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