Laser is produced by a living cell (BBC)

By Jason Palmer
Science and technology reporter, BBC News

A single living cell has been coaxed into producing laser light, researchers report in Nature Photonics.

The technique starts by engineering a cell that can produce a light-emitting protein that was first obtained from glowing jellyfish.

Flooding the resulting cells with weak blue light causes them to emit directed, green laser light.

The work may have applications in improved microscope imaging and light-based therapies.

Laser light differs from normal light in that it is of a narrow band of colours, with the light waves all oscillating together in synchrony.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13725719




One more step along the road to genetically modified sharkss with frickin' laser beams on their heads!

:)

A good laugh!

I needed that this morning.

that would so rule.

yes, ONLY then.