Eye drop nanoparticles that shrink over time overcome the eye's natural defenses, delivering protein drugs to the retina and ...

Researchers from the University of Konstanz have studied how insect brains take in complex light stimuli and process them in ...

Researchers have identified a metabolically sensitive cell subtype in the eye's drainage system which shows early signs of ...

When we think of polar bears, one image comes to mind almost instantly. A large, powerful animal wrapped in thick white fur, ...

Bird retinas survive without oxygen by burning sugar scientists solve 300 year mystery that could help treat human strokes.

Neural tissue normally dies quickly without oxygen. Yet bird retinas—among the most energy-demanding tissues in the animal ...

The discovery fundamentally changes the understanding of a structure in the avian eye that has been misinterpreted for centuries.

Scientists discover how aging alters the function of cells, called mesenchymal drift, and manage to reverse this process.

“While the human penis functions primarily to transfer sperm, our result suggests its unusual large size evolved as a sexual ...

Background Both host and microbe metabolism of tryptophan (Trp) is altered in diabetes; however, the molecular mechanisms are ...

Biologists have finally solved a centuries-old mystery regarding how birds maintain sharp eyesight despite ...

Emerging evidence suggests that environmental pollutants rarely act alone, yet most toxicological studies still assess them in isolation.