The Lampyridae firefly survived the test of time as “the most widespread and abundant bioluminescent beetle,” which is already impressive from the perspective of evolution. But why did they ...

But the firefly is probably the Earth's most famous bioluminescent species. So what's happening inside the firefly's light cells? What's the secret to its glow? In the 19th century, French ...

After a month-long journey, Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander has successfully entered orbit around the Moon. After nearly a ...

Although there are many bioluminescent organisms in the world, the firefly is one of the most famous owing to the extremely high efficiency of its bioluminescence reaction. Its bioluminescence ...

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 ...

Now, U.S. chefs are embracing the squid as well. Hiroshi Tsuji, 48, remembers fishing for hotaru ika when he was growing up ...

Kohrt, C.M. Florentine, M.J. Grossel, & B.R. Branchini. “A firefly luciferase dual color bioluminescence reporter assay using two substrates to simultaneously monitor two gene expression events” ...

The Firefly Petunia emits a continuous glow similar to moonlight. Its enchanting light is produced by genes isolated from bioluminescent mushrooms. The petunia has proven to be hugely popular ...

Upon the formation of his Branchini Bioluminescence Research Group at Connecticut College, he continued studying firefly luciferases and their reaction mechanisms, identifying an active site peptide ...

This light can come from a bioluminescent protein that produces light via a chemical reaction. “We tried firefly luciferase first, and it was very hard to do the conjugation,” says Rao.