Ad watchdog rules against Optical ExpressOptician OnlineThe Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled against a September 19 2011 Optical Express television ad for laser eye surgery which stated that 'over 99 per cent of patients achieve 20/20 vision or better'. A complainant questioned whether the ...

Flipping a Light Switch in the Cell: Quantum Dots Used for Targeted Neural ...MarketWatch (press release)The research was published today in the Optical Society's (OSA) open-access journal Biomedical Optics Express. Doctors and researchers today commonly use electrodes--on the scalp or implanted within the brain--to deliver zaps of electricity to ...and more »

AZoNano.comResearchers Use Quantum Dots to Study Nerve Cell BehaviorAZoNano.comOptically excited quantum dots in close proximity to a cell control the opening of ion channels. (credit:Lugo et al., University of Washington) The study has been reported in Biomedical Optics Express, an open-access journal of the Optical Society.Flipping a Light Switch in the Cell: Quantum Dots Used for Targeted Neural ...Science Daily (press release)all 8 news articles »

Golf: Pro Tour's season-end in Spain is hailed a successScotsmanBy MARTIN DEMPSTER TOURNAMENT director Alan Tait today hailed the success of the Optical Express Pro Golf Tour's first event outside Scotland. Won by Greig Hutcheon as Swanston New's John Gallagher slipped from second overnight to joint-tenth after a ...

Golf: Kerr steals march on rivals with early week in the sunScotsmanBy MARTIN DEMPSTER CAPITAL star Mark Kerr is hoping to steal a march on his title rivals in this week's Optical Express Pro Golf Tour Championship in Mallorca. The 36-hole event tees off tomorrow at Son Gual, where Kerr has been practising for more ...

IPG shares bounce as annual profit soarsOptics.orgWhile concerns have been raised in some quarters about the level of vertical integration that IPG is now working on in non-optical components, the company still wields a powerful advantage in its profit margins compared with its competitors.and more »

Hutcheon out in front in MallorcaScotsmanOPTICAL EXPRESS PRO TOUR: Banchory's Greig Hutcheon takes a two-shot lead into today's second and final round of the Tour Championship at Son Gual in Mallorca. The 2010 Tartan Tour No 1 fired an opening three-under-par 69 to put himself in pole ...Golf: Gallagher follows the leaderEdinburgh Evening Newsall 3 news articles »

Film highlights beauty of bonnie banksLennox HeraldIt has been funded by cash from the national park and is sponsored by Optical Express. James Fraser, chairman of the Friends, said: “We're delighted with the quality of the film, which really does do justice to the special qualities of Scotland's first ...and more »

Criminal case shadows Yuchnitz divorce trialSan Antonio ExpressJERRY LARA/glara@express-news.net Michael Yuchnitz sits in court after testifying at the hearing regarding control of his eyewear businesses on Thursday. Michael Yuchnitz, owner of the My Econo $39.95 Optical retail glasses chain, poses in his first ...and more »