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
AGNs emit light across the electromagnetic spectrum and can drive strong jets and winds into their surroundings.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 9, 2025
In this design, however, the energy from the triplet state is transferred with more than 98% efficiency to the lanthanide ions inside the insulating nanoparticles, causing them to emit light with remarkable brightness.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2025
Dr Werner Siemens was, therefore, led recently to investigate whether highly-heated pure gases really emit light.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 by Various
