MONTEREY, Calif. — More than two decades after spotting a mysterious, gelatinous, bioluminescent creature swimming in the ...

Bioluminescence is the natural chemical process of light creation in some living creatures that makes fireflies flicker and some jellyfish glow. Scientists have long been interested in borrowing the ...

MBARI researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. Bathydevius caudactylus ...

Nicknamed the "mystery mollusc," Bathydevius caudactylus is a new species of sea slug that is see-through and bioluminescent. Nicknamed the "mystery mollusc," Bathydevius caudactylus is a new ...

Completely artificial proteins that produce bioluminescence can serve as a non-invasive method for bioimaging, diagnostics, drug discovery, and more. Bioluminescence is the natural chemical ...

But the fascination with bioluminescence is nothing new — this strange chemical process has mystified some of history’s most prominent figures for centuries. According to E.N. Harvey ...

More information: Julie Yi-Hsuan Chen et al, De novo luciferases enable multiplexed bioluminescence imaging, Chem (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2024.10.013 Journal information: Chem ...