Imagine wandering through a dark, silent forest at midnight, when suddenly, the ground beneath your feet begins to shimmer ...

The ability to make light—bioluminescence—is both commonplace ... The light may lure insects that spread mushroom spores. But the real light show takes place in the sea. Here an astonishing ...

many miniscule plant-like species and fungi can also create bioluminescence. About 75 species of fungi are capable of giving off an eerie, green light, possibly to attract insects which will help to ...

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 ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Milky seas, a rare bioluminescent ocean phenomenon, are believed to be caused by luminous bacteria like Vibrio harveyi. A new database, compiling 400 years of ...