The luminescent protein luciferase, found in fireflies and other beetles, is a bioanalytical workhorse. Scientists use it as a reporter molecule to detect gene expression, microbial contamination, and ...

The most well-known instance of bioluminescence is the light produced by fireflies. Firefly luciferase has been harnessed for biological research by coupling the luciferase reaction with other ...

In a recent study published in ACS Central Science, researchers used a luciferase-independent luminescence test to investigate whether the wild-type severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...

Correction: We’ve since been informed that the team plans on using a luciferin/luciferase system from bacteria, which operates through a completely unrelated mechanism to the one used by fireflies. In ...

(KGTV) — A tweet on November 1 from Emerald Robinson, the White House correspondent for Newsmax, said "Dear Christians: the vaccines contains a bioluminescent marker called Luciferase so that you can ...

A group of researchers have come up with a way to assemble a protein sensor inside plant cells to detect previously unclear chemical signalling. A team of researchers devised a tiny sensor that ...

The gene encoding an enzyme from a firefly, discovered at the Sorocaba campus of the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in Brazil, has given rise to a biosensor capable of detecting pH changes ...