Eyeglasses as we know them have been around for more than 700 years. Yet thousands of people around the world still suffer from the correctable...
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February 7, 2011 Large Image
Cool specs for fashion-conscious customers, better eyesight for those in need
January 20, 2011 Large Image
In a mammoth “group practice,” military dentists tend to the nation’s 2.4 million Marines, sailors, soldiers and airmen
While other members of the dental school class of 2010 were wielding mirrors and drills at their new jobs or finding their way in their...
January 20, 2011 Large Image
Remco Chang uses visual analytics to puzzle out secrets from financial fraud to terrorism
Remember those children’s “hidden picture” puzzles, where the silhouette of a bear is disguised among the fissures of a tree trunk, or the outline...
January 20, 2011
In a boon to poorer countries, researchers create new ways to store and deliver life-saving inoculations
Since the advent of vaccines, childhood mortality has declined dramatically in industrialized nations, but not in many other parts of the world....
January 11, 2011 Large Image
William Masters uses economic theory to improve agriculture and diet in Africa
You walk into a grocery store and are presented with a choice: Do you pick the $5 box of heavily advertised cereal or the no-name brand with the $...