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Photoreceptors
Photoreceptors: are specialized types of neuroepithelial cells found in the retina that is capable of visual phototransduction. The vast biological importance of photoreceptors is that they convert light into signals that can stimulate biological processes.
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MAR 22, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR is a gene editing technique with incredible potential. But the traditional CRISPR-Cas9 approach involves cutting
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
The earth has a magnetic field, and some animals such as monarch butterflies and turtles can use it to navigate during l
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2023
Health & Medicine
With patient cells, researchers at the National Eye Institute created a bioink that was used to 3D print eye tissue.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 14, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Adults with a hereditary form of childhood-onset blindness experienced dramatic improvements in night vision within days
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 14, 2022
Technology
Choroideremia is a rare genetic condition that causes the eye to lose all layers of the retina, the thin layer of tissue
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
MAY 31, 2022
Neuroscience
Different parts of the brain have been carefully mapped, so we have some idea of what parts of the brain are used to per
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells are full of little machines that perform critical functions, like mitochondria, which are known as the powerhouse
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 04, 2022
Technology
Researchers are successfully using solar panels for underwater communication. Led by Dr. Jing Xu at the Zhejiang Univers
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
DEC 13, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Late-onset retinal degeneration (L-ORD) is a rare genetic disorder that causes blindness. It's caused by mutations in a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 29, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Many types of cells in the eye were identified 100 years ago. But researchers found something new there.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Most people think of viruses as nasty pathogens that can infect cells. Though it's taken time and testing, researche
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 10, 2021
Microbiology
People, animals, and even plants are known to have biological clocks, and new work has revealed that free-living bacteri
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
When light levels are low, the rod cells of our eyes go to work to help us see.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from UCL have found that staring into a deep red light for just three minutes per day can significantly impr
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 08, 2019
Earth & The Environment
One of the most remarkable capabilities of living things is phototropism—in which living organisms track and move
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 24, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Treating some diseases of the eye has been difficult because researchers have had difficulty seeing the damage. New work
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2019
Technology
Certain mammals, including humans, can see a limited range of wavelengths of light known as visible light. The visible l
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 25, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
About one of every 3,500 Americans suffers from a degenerative eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2018
Health & Medicine
Blue light is all around us in the digital devices we use. From cell phones and tablets to laptops and video games, the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 13, 2018
Videos
Beau Scott, who teaches in the fourth and fifth grade at Dayton Elementary School in Ohio, was given a special present b
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
DEC 04, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Fish oil, made from fatty fish like tuna, salmon, and mackerel, is commonly taken as a supplement for a variety of healt
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 24, 2017
Plants & Animals
Have you ever noticed that it’s difficult to swat a fly? Although some people think it’s simply because they
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 19, 2017
Neuroscience
Picture a lab, with a semi-evil looking scientist cackling about controlling the brain with pulses of light. Sound like
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 05, 2017
Plants & Animals
Scientists have long thought that insects with compound eye systems couldn’t see the world as clearly as animals s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard