Vincenzo Cascariolo
fl. early 1600s
Italian alchemist who created the first synthetically luminiscent material (c. 1603). A cobbler by profession in Bologna, Cascariolo heated a mixture of barium sulf...
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Phosphorescence
Phosphorescence is the extended emission of electromagnetic radiation (light) following excitation or the emission of light without the production of significant heat (e.g., in the bio...
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The famed Hope Diamond glows a mysterious red when exposed to ultraviolet light, a finding that scientists say can help them "fingerprint" blue diamonds and tell the real ones from the artificial.T...
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The famed Hope Diamond glows a mysterious red when exposed to ultraviolet light, a finding that scientists say can help them "fingerprint" blue diamonds and tell the real ones from the artificial.T...
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Usually the guy who's ahead finds it within himself to be gracious to his competitors whereas the desperate runner-up goes negative and reaches for any stick. So it was peculiar to watch John McCai...
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Adam Zaretsky once spent 48 hours playing Engelbert Humperdincks's "Greatest Hits" to a dish of E.coli bacteria to determine whether vibrations or sounds influenced bacterial growth. Watching the b...
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Adam Zaretsky once spent 48 hours playing Engelbert Humperdincks's "Greatest Hits" to a dish of E.coli bacteria to determine whether vibrations or sounds influenced bacterial growth. Watching the b...
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With nearly a half-million shiners' worth of mobile luxury at our command, we set out to do something, well, costly. Something that involved some real palm grease, some major jack. You know, the lo...
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Vincenzo Cascariolo
Phosphorescence
Blue diamond glows red
