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LASER WAYS - LASIK (laser) correction of vision

... re-shaped, also using the laser, to the correct refractive index to reduce blurry vision, and then the flap of ... wear glasses or contact lenses if the desired refractive index isn't achieved or if they become astigmatic due to ... the shape of the cornea, to correct the refractive index, LASIK attempts to create the perfect corneal shape, ...

‘…a very stable genius’: What’s in an IQ score?

... are grouped into four categories (Verbal Comprehension Index, Perceptual Reasoning Index, Working Memory Index, Processing Speed Index), for each of which an ...

Figure 3: Mars. This image illustrates the amount of detail that can be generated from the Hubble telescope. It captures details only 16 km across, even though it is operating at 68 million km from the planet.

What is Dark Matter and Dark Energy?

... http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/lrr-2001-1/index.html Physics is full of surprises, but none so great as ...

Syringe and drugs

Where is the HIV vaccine?

... can we not? It’s been over 35 years since the first index case of AIDS was described and more than 30 years since ...

Researchers are developing technology to use alongside therapy in order to support eating disorder treatment.

Unhealthy cravings curbed by smartphone treatment

... about eating by others, a higher childhood BMI (Body Mass Index) and early puberty,’ said Dr Ina Beintner, a clinical ...

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Nature or nurture: How do we end child obesity?

... tends to manifest in children with a higher body mass index when they reach around 11 years of age. One-in-three ...

Cartoon representation of a nerve cell

Alpha Shock

... Although he was a widely respected academic, with a high Q-index, great SciDigg scores, three successful tenure ...

Sardines at Amanzimtoti in June 2007

Sardines: Fish Food or People Food?

... of resources... Page 1 of 3 http://www.fransmanshoek.co.za/index.php/the-news/97-fishing-for-tommorow-com... 2011/03/01 ...

Balance

On Balance: how to not fall down

... through a nerve to the brain. This is like sticking your index finger into jelly: if the jelly shifts left or right, ...

How conscious are you?

... a system, called CoMonIn (Consciousness Monitoring Index) for automatically monitoring consciousness. This ...

someone stroking a cat

Why can't we tickle ourselves?

... body. In one experiment she had 30 volunteers touch their index fingers together, and then separately have their ...

A lab bench

Stress and the Scientist

... and their lab books will be properly catalogued with an index. 6 The Social Scientist These people probably don't ...

Bookshelves

Machine learning to unlock history

... She says that while volunteers may take months to index 50,000 scanned documents, a model, once trained, takes ...

A person picking his nose

What do Snot and Wasabi have in Common?

... with the frequently preferred choice of children - their index finger (for nose picking). So why is snot green? Phlegm ...

Pandemic! - Where do new viral infections come from?

... has caused up to fifteen hundred human fatalities. The index case was a school teacher from the Democratic Republic ...