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Researchers have come up with a potentially groundbreaking — and entirely laser-free — alternative to LASIK.

Scientists Testing New LASIK-Like System That Doesn’t Use a Laser on Eyeball

By Victor Tangermann

Gold particles could help reproduce the visual signals of damaged photoreceptor cells and restore vision, according to new research.

Doctors Say Injecting Gold Into Eyeballs Could Restore Lost Vision

By Frank Landymore

Scientists Hack Human Eye to See a Whole New Color, Called “Olo”

By Frank Landymore

Science Corporation says its retinal implant restored central vision in patients who were legally blind in a clinical trial.

Neuralink Competitor Restores Vision in Blind Patients With Eye Implant

By Frank Landymore

A young woman's eyes became permanently damaged after she looked at a solar eclipse without proper eye protection.

Woman Has Permanent Crescent in Vision After Staring at Eclipse

By Sharon Adarlo

By using neural radiance fields, a team of researchers have developed a technique to render a 3D scene of what's reflected in your eye.

Science & Energy

Scientists Reconstruct What You’re Looking at by Enhancing Reflection in Your Eye

By Frank Landymore

Daniel Gatinel, a French ophthalmologist, took an MRI of a healthy patient rubbing their eyes to see if it might cause certain eye conditions.

Wanna Be Completely Horrified? Here’s an MRI of What Happens When You Rub Your Eyes

By Tony Ho Tran

Severe cases of COVID-19 might lead to the formation of growths called nodules behind people's eyeballs, but scientists aren't yet sure what that means.

Severe COVID-19 Might Lead to Strange Growths Behind the Eyes

By Dan Robitzski

international space station visual impairment eyes

Space Leaves Astronauts Partially Blind, and We May Finally Know Why

By Jess Vilvestre

Staring at the Computer All Day (or Night) Really Is Bad for You

From Quarks to Quasars

Staring at the Computer All Day (or Night) Really Is Bad for You

By Joshua Filmer