Blue eyes contain very little melanin. Their color doesn't come from pigment at all but from the scattering of light within the iris, a physical effect known as the Tyndall effect, a bit like the ...

"We knew of all these people whether they had brown, blue or any other color eyes. Computers searched their DNA for areas that have something to do with eye color. In this way, we found 61 genes ...

Wachler uses something he calls ColorEyes™ keratopigmentation, using a laser to add color to the cornea over the iris. This works particularly well for those who want to lighten their natural eye ...

What Makes Eyes Different Colors? ‌The colored part of the eye around the pupil is called the iris. It has a front and back layer. The front layer is called the stroma and is responsible for the blue, ...

The most dramatic eye color changes usually happen between 3 and 6 months, once your baby’s iris has built up enough pigment for you to start guessing their “forever” shade.

There are a lot of things in this world that are completely out of our control that, nonetheless, have a huge impact on who we are. It makes sense that a lot of our personality can be determined by ...

Bryan Shaw never expected to write a research paper about a rare eye cancer. Shaw's scientific odyssey begins in May 2008, when he and his wife, Elizabeth, had a baby boy, Noah. Bryan was a postdoc at ...

It’s not unusual for blue-tinted rings to appear around your iris — the colored part of your eye. This condition is called corneal arcus. There may be a link between early onset corneal arcus (also ...

A team of researchers says there's a new color in the atmosphere. But here's the deal: You can see it only by being shot in the eye with a laser. Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, ...