Connecticut-based biotech LambdaVision has spent nearly a decade turning the International Space Station (ISS) into its primary manufacturing floor. The company has developed an artificial retina, which is assembled from hundreds of alternating layers of bacteriorhodopsin, a light-sensitive protein. On Earth, gravity creates sedimentation and buoyancy effects that disrupt layer uniformity, driving up material waste…

Artificial Retinas Manufactured in Orbit Show Superior Results, Offering New Hope for Incurable Vision Loss
Paloma Duran
