Bioluminescence in the rare Red Sea fish Vinciguerria mabahiss is used for counterillumination, a camouflage technique that makes the fish less visible to predators by mimicking the light from above.

New study shines a light on the mechanics of bioluminescence in the rare fish Vinciguerria mabahiss Date: March 26, 2025 Source: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Summary: Evolving ...

Bioluminescent infrastructure is revolutionizing urban lighting by harnessing nature’s own light-producing mechanisms. By integrating biological luminescence into roads, bridges, and pathways, cities ...

While great strides have been made in exploring the world of RNA, mysteries remain—and one approach to solving them is to look at what exactly a strand of RNA is doing in a cell in real time.

Apr. 3, 2025 — While medical centers use ultrasound daily, so far this technology has not been capable of observing body tissues at the scale of cells. Physicists have now developed a microscopy ...

The “awful grandeur” the nineteenth-century sailor described - which made him think the end was nigh - we now know to be a form of bioluminescence: light emitted by living organisms during ...

"Milky seas” are one of the rarest reported forms of bioluminescence. A new scientific database may finally reveal the secrets of this ghostly phenomenon. Satellite imagery of visible light for ...

"Tonight, the bioluminescence was obvious," he said. Using night mode on his phone, Quintanilla's son, Rory, captured the brilliant island located just before the second bend of the pier around 9: ...

Here are eight beaches around the world with bioluminescence that you can surely explore on your next vacation trip. Hidden on the southern coast of Vieques, off the east coast of mainland Puerto Rico ...

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 ...