The types of lenses you choose can make a big difference in the quality of your eyeglasses. Depending on what your eye doctor advises, some people can get along just fine with basic plastic CR-39 ...

Protective eyewear is a crucial part of any safety program and there are many different kinds of eyewear on the market from which to choose. Their design, features, functionality and even the ...

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 ...

Cataracts are one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide. They can be easily corrected by replacing the opaque natural lens with an artificial one. But one common complication of this surgery, ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. When you’re buying a pair of glasses, you probably give plenty of thought to the kind of frames you want—aviator, wire, ...