“Over half of the solar radiation energy, existing as infrared light, remains imperceptible to humans,” comments Dr. Yuqian Ma, a researcher at the University of Science and Technology of China. But, ...

In a lab in Zurich, scientists have built something that, at first glance, shouldn’t be possible. When a beam of infrared light strikes their ultra-thin lens—barely thicker than a red blood cell—it ...

Neuroscientists and materials scientists have created contact lenses that enable infrared vision in both humans and mice by converting infrared light into visible light. (Nanowerk News) ...

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Scientists have developed revolutionary contact lenses that grant wearers the ability to see infrared light—a feat humans naturally cannot achieve. This breakthrough, detailed in the journal Cell00454 ...