I write about the world of biology. The discovery of bioluminescent sand on a San Diego beach just a few days ago has reignited public fascination with the stunning natural phenomenon. The ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Although bioluminescence has been observed for many centuries, its application in biomedicine is relatively recent. Scientists traced back the ...

The Branchini Bioluminescence Research Group (BRG) at Connecticut College is under the direction of Professor Bruce Branchini in the Department of Chemistry. Bioluminescence — the emission of light by ...

This light is created by a chemical reaction, and it is one example of a phenomenon called bioluminescence. Bioluminescent organisms produce and radiate light. There are thousands of bioluminescent ...

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 ...

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 ...