Imagine contact lenses changing their colours and acting as drug delivery agents. That is exactly what scientists have come up with to deliver drugs and monitor eye treatments, thanks to this group of ...

Researchers in Israel have made a new type of contact lens that can correct a form of red–green colour blindness known as deuteranomaly. By incorporating plasmonic metasurfaces into standard contact ...

Functional contact lenses are an exciting method of drug delivery to the eye, but have so far been limited by difficulties in controlling drug release and monitoring this release in situ. Now Jingzhe ...

Jerusalem, March 5 Researchers have developed novel contact lenses to help correct various forms of colour blindness, an advance that may lead to new clinical recommendations for the condition in ...

Smart contact lenses that change colour when exposed to sunlight could help beach-goers better determine when to seek shade or reapply sunscreen. European researchers have developed minuscule labels ...

Researchers from China Pharmaceutical University and Southeast University in China sought to create a drug-delivering contact lens that would change colour as the medication is released into the eye.

London: Scientists have developed a new colour-changing contact lens that can accurately detect your glucose level in tears, a breakthrough they say could replace the frequent skin prick tests used to ...

For as long as I can remember I have wanted to fly. But a routine eye check at school put a stop to this ambition for ever. I have hereditary red-green colour blindness or, as it is medically known, ...

Not being able to distinguish red from green is the most common consequence of being colour blind – and now there’s hope for all those who cannot differentiate hues, in the form of a pair of seemingly ...