Collaborate Disseminate
Research presented at the Radiological Society of North America meeting this week fits with previously-held hypotheses. Continue reading A New Theory on the Mysterious Condition Causing Astronauts to Lose Their Vision
Of all the things evolution has stumbled across, the eye is one of the most remarkable. Acting as sort of a ‘biological electromagnetic transducer’, the eye converts incoming photons into electrical and chemical spikes, known as action potentials. These spikes then drive the brain of the host life form. Billions of years of natural selection has produced several types of eyes, with some better than others. It would be an honest mistake to think that the human eye is at the top of the food chain, as this is not the case. Mammals underwent a long stint scurrying around in …read more
Continue reading Hyperuniformity — A Hidden Order Found in the Greatest Set of Eyes
Very different stem cell-based methods arrive at a common cause: restoring vision. Continue reading Two New Techniques Get Us Closer to Regenerating Eyeballs