When you look up at the blue sky, where are the stars that you see at night? They’re there but we can’t see them. A firefly flitting across a field is invisible to us during the day, but at night we ...

Next-generation banknotes and passports could benefit from a novel approach to fine-tuning the color of fluorescent polymers, which could also advance microscopy and imaging techniques used in cell ...

Real or counterfeit? Northwestern University scientists have invented sophisticated fluorescent inks that one day could be used as multicolored barcodes for consumers to authenticate products that are ...

Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today unveiled the results of a new survey, "Canon's Fluorescent Color Impact Study," which captures the powerful allure of fluorescent ...

Fraser Stoddart is affiliated with Northwestern University. Chenfeng Ke is affiliated with Northwestern University. Xisen Hou does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any ...

Seasonal influenza A viruses cause annual epidemics of respiratory disease; highly pathogenic avian H5N1 and the recently emerged H7N9 viruses cause severe infections in humans, often with fatal ...

Team claims fluorophore-bond RNA aptamer Spinach is brighter than GFP and resistant to photobleaching. Scientists have developed the means to tag RNA with fluorophores that allows the nucleic acid ...