Teensy, Eyeless Worms Have Completely New Light-Detecting Cells
Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 14:01
in Physics & Chemistry
It may sound like a mutant superhero power, but a tiny, eyeless roundworm has a new type of light-detecting cell in its eye. And the photoreceptor is 50 times more efficient at capturing light than its counterpart in the human eye is, a new study finds.