Firefly bioluminescence has attracted a lot of attention because of its extremely high efficiency — a quantum yield of 88%, as reported by Seliger and McElroy in 1959. However, two years later ...

In a firefly, on the other hand, nearly 100% of the energy is given off as light. That luminescence, or "cold light," as it's also called, is produced in the light cells and then focused by a ...

Two solutions are combined in a darkened room, producing luminescence that lasts for several seconds. Peroxides act as an oxidizing agent. The luminol is converted to an excited-state product. This ...

The first product to exploit the hispidin-based pathway is Firefly Petunia ... understanding how we can adapt self-sustained luminescence to monitor disease progression and assist in the screening ...