Our eyes alone do not provide us with a continuous and stable view of the world. They jump several times each second in rapid movements called saccades. Because the eye projects the world onto the ...

A new interpretation of a 3,500-year-old medical text from Egypt suggests that ancient physicians might have bathed patients’ eyeballs in human breast milk to treat certain ophthalmic conditions. And ...

Hopkins researchers identify how smoking, a well-known risk factor for eye disease and vision loss, increases susceptibility to age-related eye disease ...

Researchers from the Wilmer Eye Institute say they have identified how smoking, a well-known risk factor for eye disease and ...

A freshwater snail can regrow its entire eye, rebuilding the lens, retina, and optic nerve in about a month. Because its eyes share key genes and structures with ours, scientists are using CRISPR to ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The human eye contains a blind spot due to the presence of the optic disc—an area at the back of the eye where the optic nerve and retinal blood ...

Cats may have a reputation for being selective with affection, but one viral video proves that when they choose their person, they commit wholeheartedly. A recent Instagram clip captures a famously ...

Researchers at the University of Twente and Radboudumc are developing a promising new model to enhance understanding of the human retina. They are developing a retina-on-a-chip, in which the three ...

The use of human donor tissue has the potential to accelerate translational research and support the development of effective human medicines. However, post-mortem sample degradation and the loss of ...

When the FBI first told Michelle Johnson she was a victim of human trafficking, she didn't believe them. It was 2011. She was in her 20s and facing jail time after authorities conducted a sting ...

This literature review examines systematically the effects of Stroboscopic Visual Training (SVT) on cognitive function and motor performance in humans with an integrated focus on the underlying neural ...