Dr Konstantinos Bouras is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Clinical Director at Moorfields CUH, Moorfields Eye Hospital and Moorfields Private. Here, he discusses the pressing challenges facing the UK’s ophthalmology sector and the need for sustainable policy measures to enable equitable access to ophthalmology services.
Petrovite is the name of the new mineral discovered by scientists at St Petersburg University, a bright blue crystal which could someday provide energy.
Eight days after the Pfizer vaccine results (90% effective) brought collective hope to the world, the Moderna vaccine has proven to be 95% effective at fighting COVID-19.
Over 350 million people suffer from arthritis pain globally, which means significant levels of opiates are used to manage the condition - but what if there was a less addictive treatment?
Can a new strategy protect coral? When it comes to the ocean, biodiversity is key to the conservation of the marine environment, and we're running out of time.
Chris Rason, Managing Director for Northern Europe at Aggreko UK, underlines the importance of battery storage for industry and why the time for this is now.
While the US and UK sealed their BioNTech and Pfizer vaccine deals within 24 hours of the new results, the European Commission took 3 days longer to secure their larger order of 300 million doses.
A team at the University of Nottingham are working with OLIO to create a "food poverty map" via machine learning that could help local authorities target their food support.
Researchers found that work stress and burnout can result in an increasingly desperate cycle, especially with a global pandemic increasing economic pressures.
Cecilia Van Cauwenberghe from Frost & Sullivan’s TechVision Group, China charts how to deal with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic, starting with a helpful global and regional overview.
Cecilia Van Cauwenberghe from Frost & Sullivan’s TechVision Group considers how the standard of healthcare for patients with diabetes is impacted by COVID-19.
Though heart damage plays a role in how someone deals with COVID-19, researchers at the American Heart Association found that blood pressure medicines don't impact your chances.
