Eye floaters can be a sign of retinal detachment, but there are many other causes. Some surgeries may help remove eye floaters that result from a detached retina. Eye floaters are when you see specks, ...

Research reveals how close human vision comes to sensing the smallest possible unit of light. Here’s why that matters for perception.

The retina is a layer of tissue at the back of the eye that converts visual images into nerve impulses in the brain. Injuries to the eye can cause layers of the retina to separate, which is known as a ...

A hole in the retina is a small opening that forms in the light-sensitive part of the eye. Such holes can develop anywhere in the retina but may occur in the center, an area called the macula. The ...

The visual perception of optical stimuli demands high performance from the brain. Every second, the eyes absorb more than 10 million pieces of information and transmit them to the brain via thousands ...

Humans develop sharp vision during early fetal development thanks to an interplay between a vitamin A derivative and thyroid ...

A team of researchers has developed a system using artificial intelligence (AI) that can identify the genetic cause of inherited retinal diseases from eye scans. Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) – ...

Diabetic retinopathy develops through complex microvascular damage driven by chronic hyperglycemia, yet traditional risk factors such as disease duration or glycemic control explain only part of ...