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fluorescent

f loore suhnt

  • n  a lighting fixture that uses a fluorescent lamp
  • s  emitting light during exposure to radiation from an external source
  • s  brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light
    fluorescent colors

  • E-Mail a Friend Nothing sets the mood for work or play better than the perfect light, so why limit yourself to dim or bright, fluorescent or incandescent?.
  • The fluorescent tag is piggybacked onto the peptide.
  • The hottest thing in household energy savings is the compact fluorescent lightbulb (CFL), a funny-looking swirl that fits into standard sockets.
News & Articles

  • New fluorescent protein from eel revolutionizes key clinical assay
    ( RIKEN ) Unagi, the sea-going Japanese freshwater eel, harbors a fluorescent protein that could serve as the basis for a revolutionary new clinical test for bilirubin, a critical indicator of human liver function, hemolysis, and jaundice, according to researchers from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute. The discovery also sheds light on the mysterious and endangered Unagi that could contribute ...
    June 14, 2013 - EurekAlert!
  • New fluorescent protein from eel improves key clinical assay
    Unagi, the sea-going Japanese freshwater eel, harbors a fluorescent protein that could serve as the basis for a new clinical test for bilirubin, a critical indicator of human liver function, hemolysis, and jaundice, according to researchers. The discovery also sheds light on the mysterious and endangered Unagi that could contribute to its conservation.
    June 13, 2013 - Science Daily
  • First Fluorescent Protein Identified in a Vertebrate Animal
    The Japanese freshwater eel ( Anguilla japonica ) has more to offer biologists than a tasty sushi snack. Its muscle fibers produce the first fluorescent protein identified in a vertebrate, researchers report in Cell . [More]
    June 13, 2013 - Scientific American
Quotes

  • Richard Ayoade in Virgin Media Music
    Frontman Alex Turner revealed why they collaborated with Richard, saying: "He did the video for Fluorescent Adolescent, and it's just grown stronger ever since."
  • John Edwards in ABC News
    Elizabeth, I saw her climb up, I literally saw her with piles of fluorescent light bulbs changing them out,Edwards said of his wife. "We are also committed to making the house carbon neutral."
  • John Updike in Reuters
    It's one thing to have a girl in a bathing suit down on the beach,Updike wrote, "and another thing in the cool of the A&P, under the fluorescent lights, against all those stacked packages, with her feet paddling along naked over our...

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