fluorescence

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Key contributions came from collaborators at Janelia Research Campus in Virginia, including specialists in fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and 3D super-resolution imaging.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

Emerging portable testing methods include X-ray fluorescence analysers for turmeric and handheld DNA kits to test olive oil.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

"In the way fluorescence works, you shine light beams at something, and you get a different wavelength of light beams back," said Moore, who directs the Bioluminescence Hub.

From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2025

“Radioactive decay does not typically produce visible fluorescence, so, no,” wrote Megan Cook of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency in an email.

From Slate • Aug. 21, 2025

As a Ph.D. student, he’d used HeLa to help develop something called fluorescence in situ hybridization, otherwise known as FISH, a technique for painting chromosomes with multicolored fluorescent dyes that shine bright under ultraviolet light.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot