It is estimated that nearly half a million people in England and Wales have Glaucoma, many of whom administer daily eye drops. A new “smart” contact lens could prove to be a welcome alternative.

A pioneering treatment is giving new hope to those with macular degeneration. A team at Oxford University have successfully used gene therapy over the long-term to reverse sight loss in a group of patients in the UK and US who otherwise would have gone bl

Humans have powered things with gravity for thousands of years, but it’s never been used to create a personal light source. Until now.

It has long been recognised that light affects Dementia sufferers, and in recent years several hospitals have installed basic systems to help.

New light has been shed on the site of the last mass battle on British soil - using an aeroplane and hi-tech lasers.

Here’s one for movie buffs - What do Spiderman, King Kong, and the Incredible Hulk have in common? And Avatar for that matter?

An international team combining scientists from Moorfields Eye Hospital, Ulster University and University College London has produced an Eye Chart which detects the early onset of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD).

It is estimated that up to half a million children in Africa and South East Asia suffer permanent blindness each year due to vitamin A deficiency.

It has long been known that our circadian rhythms are shaped by natural light, and that the wrong type of artificial light can have a detrimental effect on our waking and sleeping patterns.

It is widely believed that Wet AMD is triggered by oxygen deprivation, but breaking research suggests that dysfunctional energy metabolism in the eye is the cause.