The blue light beaming from smartphones and tablets is changing cells in our eyes that could accelerate blindness, according to a study. Researchers from The University of Toledo studied the ...

Straight out of science fiction, these contact lenses convert infrared light into visible light that humans can see ...

most of our digital devices have a lot of visible blue light,” said Scott Edmonds, chief eye care officer at UnitedHealthcare. “This blue light, we believe, is going to build up in a long ...

Blue light has shorter wavelengths and higher energy than other colors. Some research shows a link between eye damage and short-wave blue light with wavelengths between 415 and 455 nanometers.

There are cheaper and more effective ways to salvage your eyes from all that screen time. By Dani Blum The pitch for blue-light-filtering glasses is compelling: an easy way to counteract that ...

Nocturnal animals tend to have proportionally bigger eyes than humans do. They also tend to have pupils that open more widely in low light. So, at the outset, nocturnal eyes gather more light than ...

The sun or bright indoor light can be uncomfortable, even painful. Photophobia is linked to the connection between cells in your eyes that detect light and a nerve that goes to your head.

Sponsor Message Most moths are nocturnal. Their eyes are covered in anti-reflective nanostructures that prevent light from reflecting off them when they fly at night and giving away their location ...

Eyes are testaments to evolution’s creativity. They all do the same basic things—detect light, and convert it into electrical signals—but in such a wondrous variety of ways. There are single ...

When light enters the eye, it's supposed to hit a photoreceptor that transmits the information to the brain, Powell explains. But sometimes the light doesn't hit the photoreceptor, so the tapetum ...