They fall through a sheet of laser light and the resulting fluorescence is recorded. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Prize in Physics 1997] Reference
Because glucose displaces the fluorescent molecules, the level of fluorescence is high when bodily glucose levels are low. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: September 1, 2002 - September 7, 2002 Archives] Reference
The ability to precisely control fluorescence is particular useful when tracking particle movement in a crowded environment. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-10-01] Reference
In this assay, red blood cells (RBCs) are incubated with a dye, EMA, and the fluorescence is measured in comparison to a control. From Wordnik.com. [Immunology Lab] Reference
The system can scan a 96-well microplate, decode barcodes, measure label fluorescence, and display results in only 40 seconds per microwell. From Wordnik.com. [Business Wire Travel News] Reference
This process is called fluorescence resonance energy transfer. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
It is diagnosed using a test called fluorescence in situ hybridization. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Previous studies had used a visual technique called fluorescence in situ hybridization. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Dr. Engelborghs and colleagues used a sophisticated and sensitive imaging technique called fluorescence correlation spectroscopy to follow the disappearance of individual?. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
A buddy of mine used it but I didn't because I found its "fluorescence" to be . . . disquieting. From Wordnik.com. ["Al the Shoesalesman Gets a Tax Cut."] Reference
There are detergent additives that use various tricks to fool the eye, things such as fluorescence at the blue end of the spectrum. From Wordnik.com. [Making Light: Open thread 135] Reference
At first, it was a barely perceptible fluorescence. From Wordnik.com. [The Players] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is looking at the fluorescence. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 1, 2008] Reference
Have you switched all your bulbs to compact fluorescence?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2009] Reference
Black light depends on fluorescence for its effects. From Wordnik.com. [fluorescence] Reference
At this time of night, the fluorescence makes his eyes bleed. From Wordnik.com. [Weary] Reference
But the diffused daylight was replaced by nocturnal fluorescence. From Wordnik.com. [The Source of Magic]
It is used to quantify the targeted DNA by detecting the fluorescence. From Wordnik.com. [Doing Your Part] Reference
Insurance companies with rows of ghastly gray desks bathed in green fluorescence. From Wordnik.com. [Mistress of Justice]
• Nikon Eclipse 6600 fluorescence microscope that can see into a bacterium's soul. From Wordnik.com. [Buy Craig Venter's Ultra-Luxurious Lab Yacht Today!] Reference
For the sample with different dilution, one had signal (fluorescence signal), the other did not. From Wordnik.com. [Doing Your Part] Reference
X-ray fluorescence has become a part of the efforts to get these hazardous products off the market. From Wordnik.com. [Buzzword: XRF] Reference
The Milky Way was a band of white fluorescence (now brighter, now darker) lit by flaring, dying stars. From Wordnik.com. [Spin] Reference
We sprayed the clothes with luminol, removed them to a darkroom and observed fluorescence, indicating blood. From Wordnik.com. [Gorky Park]
The lights are turned too low for dryback vision; Clarke and Acton see a room suffused in pale fluorescence. From Wordnik.com. [Starfish] Reference
The mineral composition of triticales and triticale milling fractions by X-ray fluorescence and atomic absorption. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 12] Reference
Others rehearsed their Acts, their bodies rippling with natural fluorescence and their eyes brilliant with reflected light. From Wordnik.com. [Fire Dancer]
They gave him some pink fluid with a greenish fluorescence and a meaty taste, and the assurance of returning strength grew. From Wordnik.com. [When the Sleeper Wakes] Reference
The fluorescence of the sea, indicated by stripes of white along the boat, and continuing into its wake, suggested some gaiety. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Hawker]
A laser reads the fluorescence, which indicates which of the known genes on the chip are in the mystery sample from the patient. From Wordnik.com. [Decoding The Human Body] Reference
But because they modified a gene in skin cells using the virus, it's called an altered fluorescence gene, they glow red like that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 14, 2007] Reference
The automatic developing film would record any trace of fluorescence, and a red light would signal this result to the pilot's cabin. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung] Reference
As the evening wore on, Luther became concerned that the fluorescence might wear off his goldfish and that they might begin to fade. From Wordnik.com. [Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]
Scintillations from the tenuous impact dripped from its trailing edge, leaving a weak contrail of fluorescence through the empty gulf. From Wordnik.com. [The Dreaming Void]
Instead there is an elevator and a hallway and a door that opens onto the predictable hum of fluorescence, a waiting room like any other. From Wordnik.com. [Girl] Reference
The scientists say they used a noninvasive technique (X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy) to study the layers and their chemical composition. From Wordnik.com. [Joan Z. Shore: Da Vinci Decoded?] Reference
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