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SINGAPORE – Eye-care device firm Alcon Manufacturing and Logistics announced the opening of its expanded manufacturing and logistics facility on June 27. The facility, located in Tuas, will ...
Several models of one of Acuvue's contact lenses has been placed on a voluntary recall due to a high density of microbubbles that could cause visual issues.
The Federal Trade Commission has warned numerous contact lens prescribers of potential violations of the Contact Lens Rule. Under the Contact Lens and Eyeglass Rule, prescribers must provide ...
The Cooper Companies shares dropped 14% Friday, a day after the contact lens maker lowered its full-year organic growth outlook.
Researchers have developed experimental contact lenses that use nanoparticles to convert the invisible wavelengths of near-infrared light into visible colors ...
A project at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has developed a contact lens allowing wearers to perceive near-IR wavelengths and see better in the dark. Described in Cell, the ...
Infrared contact lenses let you see in the dark Mice and humans were able to detect infrared light, even with their eyes closed, with limited resolution.
Nanotech contact lenses give humans 'super vision,' even in total darkness with eyes shut: Study New lenses turn invisible infrared light into visible images, a study found.
Neuroscientists and materials scientists have created contact lenses that enable infrared vision in both humans and mice by converting infrared light into visible light. Unlike infrared night ...
The contact lens technology uses nanoparticles that absorb infrared light and convert it into wavelengths that are visible to mammalian eyes (e.g., electromagnetic radiation in the 400-700 nm range).
Wearing contact lenses can sometimes cause dry eyes because they can affect how the eye absorbs moisture. This can lead to discomfort, pain, and blurry vision.