Tasting Light: New Type of Photoreceptor Is 50 Times More Efficient Than the Human Eye
Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 13:01
in Physics & Chemistry
An international team of scientists led by the University of Michigan has discovered a new type of photoreceptor--only the third to be found in animals--that is about 50 times more efficient at capturing light than the rhodopsin in the human eye.