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
The team previously designed bacteria that emit light when they encounter heme, but the early versions broke down during digestion and were difficult to retrieve afterward.
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2025
Glowworms emit light only for a short period in the year; and I have but partially observed it after the middle of July.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 361, Supplementary Issue (1829) by Various
