2014 António Champalimaud Vision Award

The Champalimaud Foundation invites nominations for the € 1.000.000 2014 António Champalimaud Vision Award. The deadline for submissions is December 31st 2013.
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Groundbreaking Book „"Ophthalmology and the Ageing Society” published

Dr. Scholl hopes that the book will serve as a resource for practicing ophthalmologists as well as scientists in fields outside of ophthalmology. “This book is the first to explore the consequences in ophthalmology for an aging society. I think both practitioners and researchers will find it to be a useful resource on the current body of knowledge on eye diseases affecting the elderly.”
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Probing vision at the level of single photoreceptors

Scientists at the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Bonn are developing a microscope that makes individual human photoreceptors accessible for non-invasive experimental testing.
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A brief list of misused English terminology in EU publications

The European Union has 24 official languages. Even if the vast majority of people working at the EC are not native speakers, the most spoken one in Brussels is English. This leads to several errors in official publications. A recently published report shows the most frequent pitfalls.
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