{"id":718177,"date":"2022-03-02T16:03:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T20:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=718177"},"modified":"2022-03-02T16:03:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T20:03:48","slug":"vision-scientists-discover-new-angle-on-path-of-light-through-photoreceptors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=718177","title":{"rendered":"Vision scientists discover new angle on path of light through photoreceptors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have discovered that power-producing organelles in the eye&#8217;s photoreceptor cells, called mitochondria, function as microlenses that help channel light to these cells&#8217; outer segments where it&#8217;s converted into nerve signals. The discovery in ground squirrels provides a more precise picture of the retina&#8217;s optical properties and could help detect eye disease earlier. The findings also shed light on the evolution of vision.&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n Click here for original story, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2022\/03\/220302150348.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vision scientists discover new angle on path of light through photoreceptors<\/a>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: ScienceDaily&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have discovered that power-producing organelles in the eye&#8217;s photoreceptor cells, called mitochondria, function as microlenses that help channel light to these cells&#8217; outer segments where it&#8217;s converted into nerve&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-718177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genaero"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=718177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=718177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=718177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=718177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}