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·May 14, 2012·2 min read

Let There Be Light: It’s Good for Our Brains

EPFL scientists have proven that light intensity influences our cognitive performance and how alert we feel, and that these positive...

Featured Neuroscience

·April 3, 2012·4 min read

Positive Stress Helps Protect Eye from Glaucoma

Working in mice, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have devised a treatment that prevents the...

Genetics Neurology

·December 12, 2011·3 min read

Babies Born with No Eyes: Scientists Identify Genetic Cause of Anophthalmia

Scientists at University College Dublin, Ireland, have identified a genetic alteration which causes a child to be born with no...

Featured Neuroscience

·June 22, 2011·3 min read

Deconstructing Vision: Motion, Critical Windows and Curing Blindness in India

What if blind eyes could see? What does that mean? That’s the question neuroscientist Pawan Sinha and his team at...

Neuroscience

·April 6, 2011·3 min read

The Self-Made Eye: Formation of Optic Cup from Embryonic Stem Cells

Developmental processes are increasingly well-characterized at the molecular and cell biological levels, but how more complex tissues and organs involving...

Featured Neuroscience

·December 11, 2010·3 min read

Data on What Colors Flowers Appear to Bees

A database on what colors flowers appear to be viewed as by bees has been collected and is freely searchable. The data is collected in the Floral Refelctance Database also known as FReD.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·August 6, 2010·1 min read

Artificial Bee Eyes Show World from Bee’s Point of View

Researchers have developed a camera system that mimics the bee eye. The artificial bee eyes allow the researchers to take images that are believed to be similar to the bee's viewpoint.