There must have been a secret memo sent out to the major lens manufacturers that today is the day to launch all of your new ...

Here's a technical innovation you can actually use: Famed lens maker Carl Zeiss Optical has extended a water-repellent lens coating that resists smudges, fingerprints and assorted goop. LotuTec gives ...

An experimental antibacterial coating could enable contact wearers to leave lenses in their eyes for as long as 3 months. The new coating contains selenium, an element that produces chemical groups ...

These days, buying eyeglasses can be complicated—especially if you’re looking for options beyond those your eye doctor sells. You can, instead, take a copy of your prescription (you’re legally ...

Developed as a drop-in replacement for traditional methanol-based coatings, PPG's new PPG HI-GARD® Non-Methanol hard coating for 1.5 standard index ophthalmic lenses enables prescription lens makers ...

Researchers have come up with an economical one-step process to coat contact lenses with an antimicrobial film (Biomacromolecules 2015, DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.5b00359). The coating could cut the risk ...