Iris van Herpen and biodesigner Chris Bellamy created a dress from 145 million bioluminescent organisms. It nearly died ...

A very special look was presented earlier this week by fashion designer Iris van Herpen at the Paris Haute Couture Week. The ...

At Paris Haute Couture Week, Iris van Herpen pushed fashion’s boundaries once again—this time, quite literally bringing a ...

It’s that symbiotic relationship that is always part of my work, but it’s becoming more and more urgent.” Van Herpen hasn’t staged a show in a year, and she said this “ultimate freedom and luxury” ...

Like humans, pyrocystis lunula need ‘sleep’ and have their own light cycles like our Circadian rhythms. In the wild, they emit light in response to movement and/or when they sense predators.

A standard-sized cell (right) of the alga Pyrocystis noctiluca expands and becomes less dense (left) after taking up water that it stores in an internal compartment.

Researchers discover bioluminescent phytoplankton, Pyrocystis noctiluca, that inflates to escape gravity and reach the ocean's surface.

International researchers believe they have solved the mystery of how single-celled phytoplankton travel long distances from the deep ocean to the surface without any recognisable tail or fins to help ...

Why these plankton puff up to 6x bigger than normal Pyrocystis noctiluca's cells work like ‘little submarines.’ Laura Baisas Oct 17, 2024 11:00 AM EDT ...

The phytoplankton Pyrocystis noctiluca is able to navigate vertically upward in the ocean by ballooning to six times its size. Here, individuals under the microscope are shown before and after ...