You can make the case that none of them are in true color. But then again, if they were, they’d be unable to reveal the true ...

Retinas in all mammals, from mouse to man, are made up of light-sensitive cells known as cones and rods, named for their shapes, which convert light into nerve signals that are then transmitted to ...

V3Solar is a renewable energy company that developed a cone-shaped photovoltaic solar panel that generates 20 times more ...

Drag the slider to the left to see how an animal would see the same scene. Whereas human eyes contain three types of colour-detecting cells, called cones, dogs have just two. Their cone cells are ...

“Cones are particularly interesting as the cell type that matters most for our daily operation in color vision,” said Rui Chen, a molecular geneticist at Baylor College of Medicine who was not ...

Researchers report they have used retinal cone photoreceptors derived from human stem cells to restore vision in mice with advanced retinal degeneration. They are now designing a clinical trial to ...

a prey of cone snails. Cs1 is a toxin known to block potassium channels—essential gateways for cell function—and has a potent effect on fruit flies and other insects but doesn't impact mammals ...