luminesce
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Never mind that blood doesn’t actually luminesce under black light; the phosphorescent glow is haunting, and the process of surfaces being gradually wiped clean, erasing all evidence of what just happened, is unsettling.
From The Verge
The team dated sediments at the site using a technique called optically stimulated luminesce, which measures the last time sand grains were exposed to sunlight.
From BBC
In lab experiments, copepods tend to scoot away when dinoflagellates luminesce, suggesting the light display does work as a deterrent.
From Washington Post
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