chemoluminescence - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Bioluminescence: Encyclopedia - Bioluminescence
Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by a living organism as the result of a chemical reaction during which chemical e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Light: Encyclopedia - Light
Light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength that is visible to the eye (visible light) or, in a technical or scientific context,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bioluminescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Bioluminescence - Characteristics Of The Phenomenon
Bioluminescence is a form of luminescence, or "cold light" emission; less than 20% of the light is generated by thermal radiation. It sho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bioluminescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Bioluminescence - Adaptations For Bioluminescence
There are four main accepted theories for the evolution of bioluminescent traits: Camouflage Attraction Repulsion Communication Biolum...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Light: Encyclopedia Ii - Light - Theories About Light
Light - Early Greek ideas. In 55 BC Lucretius, continuing the ideas of earlier atomists, wrote that light and heat from the Sun were co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Light: Encyclopedia Ii - Light - Theories About Light
Light - Early Greek ideas. In 55 BC Lucretius, continuing the ideas of earlier atomists, wrote that light and heat from the Sun were co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Krill: Encyclopedia Ii - Krill - Life Cycle
The general life-cycle of krill has been the subject of several studies (e.g. Guerny 1942,[Gue42] or Mauchline & Fisher 1969[MF69]) p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Krill: Encyclopedia Ii - Krill - Ecology
Krill are an important element of the food chain. Antarctic krill feed directly on phytoplankton, converting the primary production energ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Krill: Encyclopedia Ii - Krill - Behaviour
Most krill are swarming animals; the size and density of such swarms vary greatly depending on the species and the region. Of Euphausia s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Krill: Encyclopedia Ii - Krill - Economy
Main article: Krill fishery. Krill has been harvested as a food source for both humans (okiami) and their domesticated animals since the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bioluminescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Bioluminescence - Biotechnology
Bioluminescent organisms are a target for many areas of research. Luciferase systems are widely used in the field of genetic engineering ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bioluminescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Bioluminescence - Adaptations For Bioluminescence
There are four main accepted theories for the evolution of bioluminescent traits: Camouflage Attraction Repulsion Communication Biolum...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Krill: Encyclopedia Ii - Krill - Morphology
Krill are crustaceans and have a chitinous exoskeleton made up of three segments: the cephalon (head), thorax, and the abdomen. The first...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bioluminescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Bioluminescence - Organisms That Bioluminesce
All cells produce some form of bioluminescence within the electromagnetic spectrum, but most is neither visible nor noticeable to the nak...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Light: Encyclopedia Ii - Light - Refraction
All light propagates at a finite speed. Even moving observers always measure the same value of c, the speed of light in vacuum, as c = 29...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Light: Encyclopedia Ii - Light - Speed Of Light
Although some people speak of the "velocity of light", the word velocity should be reserved for vector quantities, that is, those with bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Light: Encyclopedia Ii - Light - Visible Electromagnetic Radiation
Visible light is the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum between the frequencies of 380 THz (3.8×1014 hertz) and 750 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Light: Encyclopedia Ii - Light - Color And Wavelengths
The different wavelengths are detected by the human eye and then interpreted by the brain as colors, ranging from red at the longest wave...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Light: Encyclopedia Ii - Light - Measurement Of Light
The following quantities and units are used to measure the quantity or "brightness" of light. edit edit Sometimes confusingly called "in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Krill: Encyclopedia Ii - Krill - Taxonomy
The order Euphausiacea is split into two families. The family Bentheuphausiidae has only one species, Bentheuphausia amblyops, a bathypel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bioluminescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Bioluminescence - Biotechnology
Bioluminescent organisms are a target for many areas of research. Luciferase systems are widely used in the field of genetic engineering ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Light: Encyclopedia Ii - Light - Light Sources
There are many sources of light. The most common light sources are thermal: a body at a given temperature emits a characteristic spectrum...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Krill: Encyclopedia Ii - Krill - Distribution
Krill occur worldwide in all oceans; most species have transoceanic distribution and several species have endemic or neritic restricted d...   » Read the article