emit light

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The natural phenomenon is caused by bioluminescent plankton, tiny creatures floating in the sea that have the ability to emit light when disturbed by a predator or motion.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

In privacy mode, the device dims those wide pixels, while the narrow pixels emit light only at your face.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Direct detection has not been possible because dark matter particles do not interact with electromagnetic force -- meaning they do not absorb, reflect or emit light.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2025

These defects can absorb and emit light in the visible range with well-defined optical transitions, and they can act as local traps for electrons.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2024

Those which emit light from their own substance; not shining by borrowed, or reflected light.

From Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained by Jones, Thomas P.