A widely popular idea in psychology and evolutionary science suggests that the distinctive look of the human eye—particularly the white area surrounding the iris—evolved to help us communicate ...

The eye, like most organs, has an intricate plumbing system. Pressure builds when drainage is impaired, and this condition – glaucoma – can cause irreversible vision loss. Certain popular ...

Scientists in Japan have developed a groundbreaking AI synapse that recognizes colors nearly as well as the human eye, promising great advances in energy-efficient visual recognition for smartphones, ...

Eye tracking plays a critical role in the latest virtual and augmented reality headsets and is an important technology in the entertainment industry, scientific research, medical and behavioral ...

Professor Lars Schmitz joins WIRED to guide us through a giant tree of life mapping the evolution of eyes in the animal kingdom: how they work, why they've taken the form they have, and the ...

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 ...

Treatment shows potential to slow the progression of human degenerative eye diseases, including retinitis pigmentosa. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed eye drops ...