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Gene therapy surgery restores some vision to legally blind children

Scientists in the UK have successfully used gene therapy to restore some vision to legally blind children with an inherited retinal condition. All 11 children in the clinical trial saw improvements within weeks of a single surgical treatment.

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Review: EyeOasis 2 brings heat and massage for ocular relaxation

If you have trouble with migraines, eye stress, dry eye, or just need a spot of relaxation, a warm mask or a bit of eye massage might do the trick. We put Bob and Brad's EyeOasis 2 electric eye massager through its paces and here's what we found.

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Panasonic’s full-frame 8K-capable Lumix S1RII camera lands at $3,300

Six years after the original S1R dropped, Panasonic has finally unveiled its successor. The Lumix S1RII is a beast of a full-frame mirrorless camera for both 8K video and high-end photography. It's also competitively priced to take on popular rivals.

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$6,199 e-scrambler boasts sub-200-lb weight with a 70+ mile range

Terra Bikes’ audacious e-scrambler sports a big battery, purpose-built frame, light body, and long travel suspension. Terra claims it to be the world’s first true dual-terrain electric scrambler, but best of all it looks the part.

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Soursop: The “anticancer” super-fruit that suddenly has a lot of new fans

There's newfound interest in a little-known fleshy green fruit native to the Americas, which has long been used in traditional medicine for protection against bacterial infection and even preventing and treating many cancers. But what exactly is it?

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Clicks brings its keyboard cases to Android, starting with Pixel 9

After winning over iPhone users who wanted to attach a BlackBerry-style keyboard to their handsets, Clicks is now making its physical keyboard cases for a selection of Android devices. Up first: Google Pixel 9 and 9 Pro cases at $139.

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Today’s discarded clothing could end up in tomorrow’s stronger paper

While it's great that many types of paper can now be recycled, textile waste is still mostly dumped or burned. A new technique could change that by combining the two materials, using discarded cotton clothing to boost the strength of packaging paper.

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Ingenious device generates electricity via car exhaust

IC engines have long received flack for how wasteful they are. That may soon change, as a team of researchers claims to have discovered the means of converting exhaust heat into energy, using a small device called a thermoelectric generator (TEG).

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