Imagine stepping outside at night and being greeted by softly glowing leaves and flowers, casting an ethereal light over your garden. Thanks to advancements in biotechnology, glow-in-the-dark plants ...

Known as bioluminescence, this 'living light' has long fascinated humans. In 79 AD, Pliny recorded the first human use of bioluminescence as a kind of torch, by rubbing a stick against jellyfish ...

Bioluminescence is widely used for in vivo imaging of nude mice. By conjugating luciferase protein to quantum dots, bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) turns these useful fluorophores ...