Optometrists from Flinders University will soon be able to diagnose and manage eye diseases in rural and remote communities – all from the comfort of their computer chair.

Our eyes are truly amazing pieces of hardware, far superior to any camera lens. Two separate eyeballs make precisely synchronised movements thousands of times a day, while tiny adjustments in the shape of our lens keep the world in perfect focus. Eyes are fully developed by age 7, can last 100 years and require roughly 20 blinks a minute to keep them clean.

Research to restore sight to the clinically blind has reached a critical stage, with testing underway of the prototype microchips that will power the bionic eye.

Scientists can already see damage in the eyes of children who have been drinking fizzy drinks and eating too many carbohydrates.

People who are losing their eyesight through aged-related macular degeneration (AMD) may soon be able to find out if a commonly used drug can help save their vision.

New research released today to mark World Glaucoma Week reveals Australia's greatest fear is going blind. Blindness ranked higher than heights, spiders and lightning strikes combined (68%). The research also revealed Australians value their sense of sight (87%) higher than any other, followed by hearing, taste, touch and lastly smell.

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide, especially in developed countries, and there is currently no known treatment or cure or for the vast majority of AMD patients. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Medicine has identified genes whose expression levels can identify people with AMD, as well as ...

Researchers from the University of Melbourne say $70 million could 'close the gap' on Indigenous eye health, which unlike other health conditions is preventable and treatable.

The eyes are the window into the soul—or at least the mind, according to a new paper published in Perspectives on Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. Measuring the diameter of the pupil, the part of the eye that changes size to let in more light, can show what a person is paying attention to. Pupillometry, as it's called, has been used ...

In the future, patients in need of perfectly matched neural stem cells may not need to look any further than their own eyes. Researchers reporting in the January issue of Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press publication, have identified adult stem cells of the central nervous system in a single layer of cells at the back of the eye.