Why Tarantulas Come in Vivid Blues and Greens
Researchers from Yale-NUS College and Carnegie Mellon University have discovered that tarantulas have the ability to see in color, contrary to previous thought
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Falcons See Prey at Speed of Formula 1 Car
Two factors are crucial when a peregrine falcon bears down on its prey at a speed of more than 350 kilometers per hour
Visual Neurons Don't Work the Way Scientists Thought, Study Finds
Less than 10 percent of neurons in the mouse visual system behave the way scientists thought most such cells work to perceive the outside world
Telescope Technology Used to Take First Accurate Images of Glaucoma-Related Eye Structure
Indiana University optometry researchers took the first undistorted images of the eye's trabecular meshwork using methods originally developed to stop stars from appearing to twinkle
The Birth of Vision, from the Retina to the Brain
By decoding the genetic mechanisms that control the neurons of the visual system, researchers at UNIGE are unveiling the first steps in the construction of vision, paving the way for regenerative eye medicine
Motion Perception of Large Objects Gets Worse during Infant Development
Why do we lose the "superior" ability to perceive large objects' motion during development?
Retina-On-A-Chip Provides Powerful Tool for Studying Eye Disease
New technology that recreates some of the complexity of the human retina may help scientists study eye disease and screen for drug side effects that harm the eye
Nanoparticles Could Someday Give Humans Built-In Night Vision
Scientists have used nanoparticles to confer a real superpower on ordinary mice: the ability to see near-infrared light
Scientists Develop Technology to Give Night Vision to Mammals
The technology allows animals to see light beyond the visible spectrum, into the range of infrared light
New Gene Therapy for Vision Loss Proven Safe in Humans, Clinical Trial Shows
The treatment is an exciting new approach in which a virus, similar to the common cold, but altered in the lab so that it is unable to cause disease, is used as a carrier for a gene and is injected into the eye