💡 A University of Georgia study found blue light, from devices like smartphones and TVs, impairs vision detail more than other light colors. This occurs because blue light scatters more within the eye.

🔬 Researchers tested 60 young adults. Blue light caused points of light to appear further apart before participants could distinguish them as separate, indicating greater light scatter and optical aberrations compared to green, yellow, red, and broadband light.

👁️ Eye color also affects light scatter. Participants with lighter irises, especially blue eyes, experienced more scatter than those with darker brown irises, which contain more light-absorbing melanin.

🤓 The study's lead author, Yaw Buabeng, suggests blue light filtering features on devices and glasses may be beneficial, particularly for those with prolonged screen or outdoor exposure, as past research links high-energy blue light to potential retinal damage over time.

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In a successful gene therapy study on dogs with a rare genetic vision condition, scientists discovered that damaged nerve connections in adult retinas can physically repair and rebuild themselves.

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Gene therapy can partly restore sight in blind people, researchers reveal. Optogenetic therapy, based on Nobel prize-winning science, involves turning nerve cells on and off using light

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