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This shows an eye and pills. Caption reads "Statins Linked to Lower Glaucoma Risk."

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·October 7, 2026·6 min read

Statins Linked to Reduced Glaucoma Risk and Slower Progression

A new study in 420,000 adults links statin medications to a 15% lower glaucoma risk and a 55% drop in surgical interventions.

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Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·October 2, 2026·6 min read

Optical Illusion Exposes Blind Spot in AI Vision

Primate brains shift spatial coordinates during optical illusions, but AI vision networks fail to adapt.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·October 1, 2026·6 min read

Computational Model Decodes Color Vision Variability

A new computational model reveals why modern wide-gamut displays look different to different viewers due to retinal cone variability and lens aging.

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Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·September 24, 2026·4 min read

Cell Membrane Lipid Governs Retinal Light Sensitivity

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers resolve how membrane lipid PIP2 locks CNG channels closed, revealing a therapeutic target for retinal degeneration.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·July 29, 2026·8 min read

Photoreceptors Recycle Waste to Preserve Vision

Photoreceptors perform their own internal waste recycling using lysosomal pathways regulated by the PIKfyve enzyme.

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·July 22, 2026·8 min read

Moths Pair Dominant Eyes with Proboscis to Save Brain Power

Hummingbird hawkmoths (Macroglossum stellatarum) exhibit an innate "handedness" when extending their proboscis to forage on flowers.

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·July 20, 2026·10 min read

Spring Clock Change Triggers 30% Spike in Retinal Vascular Conditions

Semiannual daylight saving time transitions significantly impact the risk of developing retinal vascular disease.

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Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·June 30, 2026·12 min read

Twin Technology for Restoring Sight and Touch

Brain-computer interface (BCI) technologies developed independently for 50 years to restore sight and touch are functionally identical, establishing a unified framework that accelerates neuroprosthetic development for both blind and paralyzed patients.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·June 30, 2026·12 min read

Researchers Grow Rare Eye Vessel Cells to Halt Vision Loss

A new study demonstrates the first successful generation of retinal endothelial cells from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). When tested in vitro, the cells accurately modeled the tissue degradation of diabetic retinopathy, and when injected in vivo, they successfully integrated to regenerate damaged retinal blood vessels and restore function.

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·June 30, 2026·10 min read

Mice Use Strategic Infotaxis to Overcome Poor Vision

Mice utilize visual infotaxis, moving strategically to maximize information gain, to identify partially occluded objects inside a custom virtual reality arena. This active sensing behavior scales continuously with visual ambiguity, proving rodents rely on internal environmental models to actively gather visual data.

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·June 25, 2026·14 min read

Mechanics of Color Vision Revealed

A structural biology study utilizing cryo-electron microscopy has resolved the first 3D structure of human blue and green cone opsins in their dark state, revealing that an open binding pocket in green opsins allows rapid retinal displacement for fast-updating daylight vision, while blue opsins require high-energy light due to a confined pocket.

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·June 22, 2026·11 min read

Lipid Molecule Slows Progressive Retinal Degeneration

Restoring the lipid molecule erucamide via silicon nanoparticles activates retinal myeloid cells via the TMEM19 protein, stabilizing the neurovascular unit and significantly slowing progressive retinal degeneration.