With aging comes deteriorating vision. At SIGGRAPH 2018, attendees will have the chance to test a new computational system that effectively mimics the natural way the human eye corrects focus, specifically while viewing objects ...
Engineering
Jun 12, 2018
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Researchers have developed the first instrument that can provide a detailed image of the entire eye. By incorporating a lens that changes optical parameters in response to an electric current, the innovative technology can ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 18, 2018
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with the University of Pennsylvania has uncovered the means by which squid eyes are able to adjust to underwater light distortion. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group ...
Although mutations in the PARK2 gene that encodes the Parkin protein are associated with developing early-onset Parkinson's disease (PD), much remains to be discovered about how Parkin functions in cells and how loss of Parkin ...
Biochemistry
Dec 13, 2016
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In much the same way PAC-MAN gobbles through an intense maze of dots eating and destroying its aggressors, researchers from the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University have revealed for the first ...
Biochemistry
Dec 15, 2015
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While study has long been conducted on vertebrates with sight-sensory systems involving a lens, retina and nervous system, new research reported by the University of Cincinnati and supported by the National Science Foundation ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 4, 2015
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Your eye could someday house its own high-tech information center, tracking important changes and letting you know when it's time to see an eye doctor.
Engineering
Jun 16, 2014
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(Phys.org) —By 2020, nearly 80 million people are expected to have glaucoma, a disorder of the eye that, if left untreated, can damage the optic nerve and eventually lead to blindness.
Bio & Medicine
Feb 14, 2014
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The refractive power of the human eye lens relies on a densely packed mixture of proteins. Special protective proteins ensure that these proteins do not clump together as time passes. When this protective mechanism fails, ...
Biochemistry
Oct 23, 2013
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To meet demands for ever smaller imaging systems, researchers are working to create entirely unconventional ways of focusing light. In pursuit of this vision, engineers from the University of Freiburg in Germany have built ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 2, 2013
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