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fluorescence

[floo-res-uhns, flaw-, floh-] / flʊˈrɛs əns, flɔ-, floʊ- /
NOUN
luminosity
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STRONG


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Fluorescence imaging offers a possible solution, but current labeling techniques often face problems such as fading signals, leaking dyes, or reduced brightness in complex biological environments.

From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2026

Fluorescence sensor proteins are changing this, revealing more about the mesmerizing activity of astrocytes.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024

Fluorescence in terrestrial animals is more perplexing, and seems to be rarer.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2021

Fluorescence imaging of a sequencing flow cell reveals binding interactions at specific clusters.Credit:

From Nature • Jul. 23, 2018

This deportment of fluor spar determined Stokes in his choice of a name for his great discovery: he called this rendering visible of the ultra-violet rays Fluorescence.

From Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by Tyndall, John




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