(Nanowerk News) Drawing heavily upon nature for inspiration, a team of researchers has created a new artificial lens that is nearly identical to the natural lens of the human eye. This innovative lens ...

Although many people may think that the lenses in our eyes are just like those found in cameras, there is in fact one key difference between the two – while man-made lenses have just a single index of ...

A new design of artificial lens intended to demonstrate refractive properties similar to those inherently shown by many natural lenses been developed by a US team of researchers. Based around a ...

CLEVELAND, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've created an artificial lens that could lead to implantable lenses to replace damaged or diseased human eye lenses. Nearly identical to the ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6 (UPI) --A chemical was shown to clear cataracts in mice and human eye lens tissue in lab experiments, and researchers have already licensed it to a company to develop for human ...

The human eye belongs to a general group of eyes found in nature called "camera-type eyes." Just as a camera lens focuses light onto film, a structure in the eye called the cornea focuses light onto a ...