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Sony announced Tuesday a new addition to its suite of cameras: the DSC-HX99 RNV. Unlike some of its predecessors, the DSC-HX99 RNV—also known as the Retina Projection Camera kit—doesn’t boast a huge range of features or a fancy autofocus system; instead, it assists visually impaired photographers by projecting images directly …

Cell classes are the building blocks for the central nervous system. It is widely believed that major classes of neurons have been identified in the retina, although some types have not been fully characterized. The newly-discovered retinal neurons don’t fit into any existing mammalian retinal cell class. An image of …

A team of researchers at Northwestern University has discovered a type of retinal ganglion cell that may cause myopia when it dysfunctions. The study is published in the journal Current Biology. This image shows an ON Delayed retinal ganglion cell. Image credit: Adam Mani Gregory W. Schwartz, Northwestern University. This …