In an important step toward visual prostheses, biocompatible electrodes can convert infrared light into nerve impulses, as demonstrated by a team at TU Wien. A research team from the Medical ...

Light-sensing proteins are found throughout all domains of life. Even single-celled microbes carry proteins that respond to light. And animals have light-sensitive organs in a huge range of shapes and ...

Scientists have revived light-sensing neuron cells in organ donor eyes and restored communication between them as part of a series of discoveries that stand to transform brain and vision research.

A research team has developed a new theory that can predict the movement of an animal's sensory organs -- such as eyes, ears and nose -- while searching for something vital to its life. All animals ...

On April 8, 2024, a once-in-a-lifetime total solar eclipse kept the eyes of millions of Quebecers riveted on the sky. But the experience left at least two among them—a 34-year-old man and a ...