Iyvone Khoo and Dr. Michael Latz's "Infinity Cube" installation is shown at the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla on April 4, 2017. Khoo and Latz have a related video work in an upcoming concert with the La ...

Whether it's the winter dance of the Northern Lights or the summertime glow of fireflies, displays of natural light fascinate us humans. Bioluminescence is the source of many such light shows in the ...

Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago in a group of marine invertebrates called octocorals, according to the results of a new study. The study focuses on an ancient ...

Imagine walking through a forest at night and seeing the ground, trees, or surrounding landscape glowing with an eerie green or blue light. While it may sound like something from a fantasy novel, ...

The sea was luminous in specks and in the wake of the vessel, of a uniform slightly milky colour. When the water was put into a bottle, it gave out sparks… This is the first entry in Charles Darwin’s ...

Bioluminescence imaging harnesses the light produced by enzyme-catalysed oxidation of small-molecule substrates to visualise biological processes with exceptional sensitivity and minimal background.

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If you've been to Newport Beach, California, in the spring and fall months, you might have witnessed the wonderful phenomenon that is the bioluminescent waves. Every year, walking along the beach at ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American In the 17th-century, although the English had ...

Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago in a group of marine invertebrates called octocorals, according to the results of a new study from scientists with the ...