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GLOWING CORAL PHOTO: Fluorescence Found to Aid Healing

SOURCE: DIGG • 2009-11-05
TOPICS: Luminescence • Dyes • Molecular Biology • Anthozoa • Fluorescence • Spectroscopy • Coral • Radical • Health_medical_pharma • Disaster_accident

[123 diggs @ General Sciences] Multicolored scabs; that glow in daylight are filled with fluorescent proteins that help broken or wounded corals heal, a new study says. When a coral is broken or wounded, it releases highly reactive atoms of oxygen known as free radicals to clos... read more »

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