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Bioluminescent balloon for rescue

The development of our project surrounding the topic ‘bioluminescence’ has moved on significantly since the first weeks of the semester both in terms of the ‘what’ and ‘how’ we are going to achieve. Our initial idea to make a bioluminescent life vest using the marine bacteria Vibrio harveyi. This idea proved to be exceptionally difficult […]

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Bioluminescence, Light Wherever and Whenever

It is a well-known fact that light is a necessity of life. Few ecosystems can exist free of light generated by the sun on Earth. Humans have generated several methods of generating light artificially, be it by fire, heat or electricity. Despite our total reliance on light, there exist places and societies where access to […]