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fluorescence

[floo-res-uhns, flaw-, floh-] / flʊˈrɛs əns, flɔ-, floʊ- /
NOUN
luminosity
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The water-soluble, FDA-approved dye used by UltraGreen.ai for fluorescence imaging is considered a generic drug and falls under the current exemption, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 7, 2026

The strategy is still being tested experimentally, but it is based on established principles from polymer chemistry and biocompatible fluorescence imaging.

From Science Daily Feb. 13, 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

"By doing so we were able to show that much more energy is wasted as fluorescence when iron is limiting."

From Science Daily Jan. 12, 2026

In the daytime, the hospital was a maze of teeming, angled hallways, a blur of blazing-white overhead fluorescence.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini




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