Tuesday, July 19, 2016

The human eye can detect a single photon, study finds

Your eyes may be more sensitive than you ever thought possible.

In a study published Tuesday in Nature Communications, researchers report that our warm, wet, multicellular eyes have evolved such a high level of sensitivity that they can, on occasion, detect a single photon aimed at the retina.

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via L.A. Times - Science http://ift.tt/29SBISa

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