Schools, day care centers, and other public buildings where children spend hours indoors could be candidates for improved lighting design.

A wavelength of light largely missing from indoor LEDs may play an important role in protecting developing eyes from ...

The number of people who need prescription glasses to correct their vision is increasing each year as nearsightedness, or ...

A hidden band between violet and blue keeps animals’ eyesight perfect—but lightbulbs don’t emit it.

It is Myopia Awareness Month, and nearsightedness, once relatively uncommon, has risen dramatically. The rise suggests that modern childhood’s longer schooling and screen time, coupled with less ...

Astigmatism is a refractive error in which the normally round cornea becomes rugby ball-shaped, making it difficult to see ...

Childhood myopia, or nearsightedness, is rising rapidly worldwide due to increased screen exposure, reduced outdoor play, and ...

Against the backdrop of China’s continuously upgraded national strategies for children and adolescents myopia prevention and ...

Safal Khanal, OD, PhD, FAAO, an associate professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Optometry, and ...

A looming high school reunion sends the writer into a comic spiral over aging, old identities and the fear of being ...

A new study in tree shrews now suggests a key to preventing myopia may be the indigo portion of sunlight. Adding this part of the light spectrum to the animals’ environment prevented them from ...

Customized frames based on 3D scans represent a breakthrough in eyewear design, delivering distortion-free vision with ...