For decades, treatments for macular degeneration have focused on slowing, not restoring vision loss. A new retinal implant is flipping that script, turning patients with geographic atrophy into ...

The human eye represents one of the body’s most complex and revealing organs, providing not only the gift of sight but also functioning as an early warning system for numerous health conditions. The ...

More and more studies are finding a strong connection between vision loss and dementia. According to the Alzheimer’s Society, people with certain eye conditions are 50% more likely to develop dementia ...

Human vision relies on photoreceptor cells in the retina that react to visible light and trigger neurons in the optic nerve to send signals to the brain. Degradation of these photoreceptors is the ...

Hormonal and immunological changes during pregnancy can cause vision problems, such as blurred vision. Although these impairments are often harmless and resolve after delivery, some vision changes can ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Replicating human visual perception in machines has been an ongoing challenge for engineers and researchers. While computers today can recognize images or analyze video footage, ...

The top half of this image depicts the proposed artificial synapse made using dye-sensitized solar cells. The plot shows the bipolar voltage response of the synapse depending on the wavelength of ...

Students across the country are heading back to the classroom, and as parents prepare their kids, a comprehensive eye exam should be included on their back-to-school checklist. Experts say use of ...

Public interest has recently turned to the human eye and the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine. Two peer-reviewed papers have helped drive the latest debate. One Turkish cohort measured the cornea before and ...

Despite advances in machine vision, processing visual data requires substantial computing resources and energy, limiting deployment in edge devices. Now, researchers from Japan have developed a ...