Fluorescence microscopy has undergone a renaissance in the last decade. The introduction of green fluorescent protein (GFP) and two-photon microscopy has allowed systematic imaging studies of ...

To conduct the research, the team used a fluorometer -- a device that measures fluorescence or light that is emitted after absorbing radiation such as UV light -- to measure variation in the ...

Fluorescence is a phenomenon in which illuminated materials emit light of a different wavelength to the incident light. Fluorescence microscopes create an image from the distribution of this emitted ...

While there is an astounding variety of physical differences in wildlife that humans can easily observe, new research from Drexel University's College of Arts and Sciences reveals that there is likely ...

Biofluorescence is widespread in birds-of-paradise, a group of tropical birds famous for their spectacular courtship dances.