Lifeless Cells Ensure Sharp Vision

Sunday, April 5, 2009 - 20:35 in Physics & Chemistry

Seemingly dead cells perform a surprising task in the lens of a fish eye. Every morning and evening they change the lens’s capacity to refract light in order to enhance color perception during the day and night vision when it’s dark.

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