emit light
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They are especially valuable because they emit light in the second near infrared region, which can travel deep into biological tissue.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
Wide pixels, which emit light to the sides, are separated from narrow, front-pointing pixels.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
In this design, however, the energy from the triplet state is transferred with more than 98% efficiency to the lanthanide ions inside the insulating nanoparticles, causing them to emit light with remarkable brightness.
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2025
Those headlights, on the ends of two of its arms, are more properly called photophores - organs that react a mix of substances with oxygen to emit light.
From BBC • May 16, 2024
Frequently—as in the south European Luciola italica—both sexes of the beetle are provided with wings, and both male and female emit light.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
