With their unique glowing displays, jellyfish are among the most mesmerising creatures in the ocean. This bioluminescent ...

Mitochondria play a crucial role as the powerhouses of cells, generating the energy necessary for cellular functions. For ...

That's the experience offered by bioluminescent mushroom forests. This worldwide phenomenon transforms ordinary forests into magical landscapes, perfect for nocturnal nature walks. And it's not ...

The strategy involves delivering genetic information for two types of molecules: a light-sensitive protein known as CoChR that can produce positively charged currents, and a bioluminescence ...

Washington residents don’t have to travel far to see bioluminescence. The phenomenon that causes floating microorganisms in the water to light up when the surface is disturbed can be found ...

Inspired by these elegant natural mechanisms, the research team developed a reporter molecule based on firefly luciferase (FLuc) that operates in a similar manner. Luciferase is a bioluminescence ...

They are caused by marine bioluminescence, a chemical process in aquatic organisms such as certain types of plankton. Have a look at the wonderful images from Australian, American, Japanese ...

This glow-in-the-dark Christmas tree is made from chunks of balsa wood impregnated with the bioluminescent ringless honey fungus (Desarmillaria tabescens). When the wood is exposed to air ...

The scientists from Empa’s Cellulose & Wood Materials lab in Switzerland were inspired by bioluminescent plants, enclosing balsa wood in a container with mushroom for three months to absorb water.

A team of UVM scientists led by Mark Nelson, Ph.D., from the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, has uncovered a novel mechanism that reshapes our understanding of how blood ...

Why? Because we all instinctively know that one can't possibly survive (or barely survive) such a long fall. Long falls are just one type of mechanism of injury that is seen in emergency medicine.