Flashes bright when squeezed tight: How single-celled organisms light up the oceans

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#Flashes bright when squeezed tight: How single-celled organisms light up the oceans

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“#Flashes bright when squeezed tight: How single-celled organisms light up the oceans” Researchers showed how a single-celled organism of the species Pyrocystis lunula produces a flash of light when its cell wall is deformed by mechanical forces. Through systematic experimentation, they found that the brightness of the flash depends both on the depth of the…