Diabetic retinopathy is the most serious complication of diabetes for your eyes, and it is estimated that 40% of people with type 1 diabetes and 20% with type 2 will develop some form of the disease.

It is estimated that 15-33% of people over 65 suffer from Dry Eye Disease – a chronic inflammation of the eyes caused by reduced tear production.

Japanese scientists have invented a form of outdoor lighting visible to humans but which does not inhibit plant development…

There’s just nothing better than being able to clearly see what you are doing – a sentiment shared by artist Koo Jeong A who has designed the UK’s first glow-in-the-dark skate park….

Just a few years ago gene therapy to cure blindness was thought impossible. But in science, achieving the impossible is often just a matter of time….

In the first alternative development to surgery for cataracts, scientists have tested a steroid-based eye drop which could simply dissolve the problem away…

Manchester born artist Liz West is fascinated by the interplay of light and colour, and since graduating from The Glasgow School of Art in 2007, she has created a range of installations which explore how sensory phenomena can invoke psychological and phys

Without light there is no sight – and as we get older our eyes require progressively more light to see clearly.

Millions of people throughout the world are afflicted with hereditary blindness. Now scientists from the University of Bern in Switzerland have discovered a way of restoring sight by introducing a new light-sensing protein to the retina.

Researchers in America have successfully developed a new retinal implant which offers five times the functional vision of current implants. The development could offer new hope for patients with macular degeneration and other retinal diseases.