The Daily Croissant - Filed under 'Bioluminescence'

Glowing Green GMO Gatos
- 28 Apr 2012
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- April 28 2012 Bioluminescence Cats GMO's
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"Thanks to the discovery of GFP, scientists have created new bioluminescent animals as part of their genetic research. This cat is resistant to feline HIV. Scientists inserted the jellyfish gene for GFP along with the gene for HIV resistance into a cat egg before it underwent IVF treatment. The offspring and their descendants glow under blue light, showing that both genes were successfully bred into the line of cats and that the properties of the HIV resistance gene can be tested."

via newscientist.com
Firefly Squid & the Gippsland Lakes Aglow
- 3 Apr 2012
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- April 03 2012 Bioluminescence
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Bioluminescent sparkling enope squid (Watasenia scintillans), (firefly squid)

"The sparkling enope squid is found in the Western Pacific ocean at depths of 183 to 366 metres (600 – 1200 feet) and exhibits bioluminescence. Each tentacle has an organ called a photophore, which produces light. When flashed, these lights attract small fish, on which the squid can then feed. This squid is the only species of cephalopod in which evidence of color vision has been found. While most cephalopods have only one visual pigment, firefly squid have three, along with a double-layered retina. These adaptations for color vision may have evolved to enable the firefly squid to distinguish between ambient light and bioluminescence."

via tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com

"These pictures of bioluminescence in the Gippsland Lakes in my gallery (Phil Hart) have proven quite popular, so it seems time to provide a story to accompany them. But this is not a short story, rather a convoluted one of fires and floods, of microscopic algae and the inspiring, remarkable and surprising beauty of nature."
Flights of the Fireflies
- 29 Mar 2012
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- Bioluminescence Fireflies March 29 2012
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These stunning snapshots are from a series by Japanese photographer Tsuneaki Hiramatsu , who employed a variety of time-lapse techniques to capture the awe-inspiring beauty of fireflies in flight.

more via io9.com
Bioluminescence Bacteria Combat Pollution
- 30 Dec 2011
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- 29December11 Bacteria Bioluminescence Ecology Pollution
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"Bioluminescence is an ability shared by creatures around the planet that allows them to generate light – in fact, 90% of life in the world’s oceans possess this characteristic. Whereas most animals use it to help them find food, attract mates, and defend against predators, a marine biologist is harnessing bioluminescent bacteria to save one of Florida’s most precious and threatened ecosystems – the Indian River Lagoon. By mixing bioluminescent bacteria with sediment from the 156-mile estuary, renowned scientist Dr. Edith Widder is able to determine how many toxic chemicals are present in the water."

via inhabitat.com
Glowing bacteria could power 'bio-light'
- 11 Dec 2011
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- 10December11 Bioluminescence Lighting
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"The bio-light uses different biological technologies to create ambient light effects. The concept explores the use of bioluminescent bacteria, which are fed with methane and composted material (drawn from the methane digester in the Microbial Home system). Alternatively the cellular light array can be filled with fluorescent proteins that emit different frequencies of light."

via cnn.com
When Waves Luminesce...
- 24 Oct 2011
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- 23October11 Bioluminescence Natural History
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Red tide at night is a sailor's delight. Red tide in morning, sailors take warning. That's not exactly how the mariner rhyme goes, but it should. Often along the California coastline, as well as elsewhere in places where conditions encourage plankton blooms from single-celled dinoflagellates, the sea turns brownish-red during the day, but at night becomes an ocean of bioluminescent beauty.

via news.discovery.com
Cypridina hilgendorfii, all aglow...
- 5 Sep 2011
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- 04September11 Bioluminescence Organisms
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Photograph by Paul A. Zahl

"The transparent shells of tiny Cypridina hilgendorfii, found in the coastal waters and sands of Japan, hold a creature that emits a luminous blue substance when disturbed. During World War II, the Japanese harvested these creatures for soldiers to use when reading maps and messages at night.

(Photo shot on assignment for "Nature's Night Lights—Probing the Secrets of Bioluminescence," July 1971, National Geographic magazine)"

via photography.nationalgeographic.com
Mycological Mystery Luminesces Nocturnally
- 28 Aug 2011
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- 27August11 Bioluminescence Discoveries Mushrooms
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Glow-in-the-dark Neonothopanus gardneri rediscovered after 170 years.

"In 1840, English botanist George Gardner was traveling in Brazil. One night, he noticed some boys playing with a strange, glowing object. To his shock, he had encountered a bioluminescent mushroom. It's only taken 170 years to find some more. After Gardner sent a sample of the fungus to Kew Herbarium in England, it pretty much disappeared completely, and it's now thanks to biologists at San Francisco State that we've finally found some more."

via io9.com
The Ark In Space: The Luminous Deep
- 18 Apr 2011
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- 18Apr11 Bioluminescence Ocean
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"The Luminous Deep is a short animated documentary made by Kevin Adams and Amy Scott-Murray,
two final-year Animation students at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art. "

The Luminous Deep from Kevin Adams on Vimeo.

via arkinspace.com
Special Chinese Blue Glowing Pork
- 14 Apr 2011
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- 14Apr11 Bioluminescence Food odd news
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"Miss Chen the purchased a kilogram of pork from a wet market on Yang Gao North Road the day before yesterday. That night her family used a portion of that pork to make dumplings together. Afterward, she placed the leftover pork on a small table in the kitchen. At 11pm, Miss Chen got out of bed to use the toilet, and suddenly noticed a faint blue glow coming from the kitchen, and that the bright blue glow was coming from the pork itself !"

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