Fireflies and chemoluminescence

Prof. Vasco Bonifácio (DBE, IBB) was interviewed by the magazine “A Mensagem”. The scientific dissemination article is about fireflies: their observation (already very difficult in big cities) and the bioluminescence they produce and make them so fascinating. In this article Prof. Vasco explains the fireflies light emission process and the way we can reproduce it in the laboratory through chemoluminescence reactions. See more.