Sentences with phrase «glow under ultraviolet light»

Some types of ringworm will glow under ultraviolet light.

Fluorescence is when a diamond shows a soft glow under ultraviolet light (usually blue).

Their two zinc mines have yielded more than 90 types of rare minerals that glow under ultraviolet light, due to trace amounts of manganese trapped when the crystals formed.

THE MOMENT: Corals glow under ultraviolet light at a depth of 20 feet off Roatán Island, Honduras.

The target fragment binds to a gene switch in the DNA, which triggers the production of a colourful substance such as the protein that gives jellyfish a green glow under ultraviolet light, or proteins from bacteria that produce colour changes visible to the naked eye.

With the help of genetic engineering, one of this mouse's genes was fused with the GFP gene so that it glows under ultraviolet light.

For the $ 100 bill, some of the security features include: a watermark that's visible only when the bill is held up to a light source; inks that change color when the note is tilted; a security thread that glows under ultraviolet light; a 3D security ribbon; and raised printing.

The foreign gene introduced through the male germ cells glows under ultraviolet light in the photograph of transgenic mice.

Composed of phosphorescent paint that glows under ultraviolet light, and replete with iridescent black dots, he poses with hand on hip, the luminescent properties of the opulent surface emboldening his bursting muscles outlined in chalky blue.

Not exact matches

She and four other beagles all produce a fluorescent protein that glows red under ultraviolet light.

In tests in mice, the beads glowed through the animals» skin under ultraviolet light, varying in brightness as blood glucose levels changed.

(A set of miscarried twins did show such signs; one of them had a finger that glowed when placed under ultraviolet light.)

The resin rests outside a clear greenhouse bearing basil plants, bamboo, a houseplant and cucumbers that glow an eerie purple - red under ultraviolet light.

As if their venom - injecting tails and crushing pincers weren't frightening enough, scorpions have long been known to glow blue - green under ultraviolet (UV) light.

This means if urobilin is present in a water sample — and zinc ions have been added — the sample will give off a greenish glow when examined under an ultraviolet light, he says.

The paint itself glows a faint red when it's put under blue or ultraviolet light.

Seen under ultraviolet light, simulated germs glow from a hand's wrinkles, cuticles, and «subungual spaces,» even after a normal hand - washing.

The CSHL team genetically engineered mice so that the same conditions that activate Nestin in a particular cell also make it glow green under ultraviolet light.

Whenever an ultraviolet light shines over certain carbon - based chemicals, they give off the same characteristic glow that you see under a black light.

For the purpose of their study, the researchers inserted a gene coding for fluorescent protein in the worms that, when activated, made them glow brightly under ultraviolet light.

Erika Sasaki and her team at the Central Institute for Experimental Animals in Kawasaki, Japan, added a gene to marmoset embryos that made them glow green under ultraviolet light.

In the dark and under an ultraviolet light, the dogs glow a reddish orange.

This is when the diamond shows a colored glow under ultraviolet (UV) light.

Fluorescence is when a diamond shows a soft glow under ultraviolet (UV) light.

This ultraviolet light will cause some fungi to glow under the light.

It often glows in the dark under an ultraviolet light source (Woods lamp).

If you have several cats and can't figure out which isn't using the litter box, you can ask your veterinarian for fluorescein, a harmless dye that makes urine glow blue under ultraviolet light for 24 hours.

Although the dye does not usually stain carpeting, it causes urine to glow blue under ultraviolet light for about 24 hours.

Toward this goal, says Dr. Miller, the veterinarian may examine the cat's coat with a Wood's lamp — an ultraviolet light under which a fungus - coated hair will glow with a yellowish - green color.