Geographic atrophy due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness and affects more than 5 million persons worldwide. No therapies to restore vision in ...

People who have lost their vision because of a common but untreatable age-related condition are now able to read again thanks ...

C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) was discovered in January, using a telescope from Mount Lemmon in Arizona. Described by National Geographic as "this year's brightest comet visible on earth", Comet C/2025 A6 ...

Today, more than 57 million people worldwide are living with dementia, with Alzheimer’s disease the most common cause. And every year, there are a staggerin ...

Wildlife Photographer of the Year has launched its sixty-second competition, calling for entries from photographers across the globe of all nationalities, backgrounds and experience levels.

The keepers of a poison garden on the grounds next to Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, England, anticipate a great many ...

A series of earthquakes have been recorded in the Canary Islands in recent days including a tremor measuring 3.4 on the ...

Five research assistants from the University of Ghana’s West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) have been named among the winners of an international data challenge that ...

A woman who described herself as an “avid bookworm” before losing her sight is able to read again after taking part in a ...

Patients had the clear, jelly-like substance from inside the eye – known as a vitrectomy – removed. Surgeons then created a ...

Proposition 50 in California would redraw congressional district maps temporarily, sparking debate on voter representation and political power.

Get winter off to a cracking start with our pick of the November festivities, from fireworks in London to flaming tar barrels ...