As seen on crime shows, investigators use a combination of luminol and other substances to light up bloodstains at crime scenes. But now, researchers report that combining luminol with artemisinin, a ...

Frequently seen on TV shows like CSI, luminol is a chemical used by forensic investigators, which glows blue when exposed to trace amounts of blood at crime scenes. It's typically combined with ...

Spritz luminol on your pennies and they’ll glow. Don’t worry! It’s not blood — your penny’s just been framed. We’ve shown you how to make your pennies glow with some heat and some acetone, but pennies ...

Two solutions are combined in a darkened room, producing luminescence that lasts for several seconds. Peroxides act as an oxidizing agent. The luminol is converted to an excited-state product. This ...

We’ve all seen an intrepid investigator spray down a crime scene with luminol and turn off the light, and a seemingly innocent room glows blue, illuminated by the leftover traces of gore. This is ...

Qun Song, Mingming Ma, and their team at the University of Science and Technology of China created this rainbow of colors starting with just one common luminescent molecule, luminol. By adding ...

As seen on crime shows, investigators use a combination of luminol and other substances to light up bloodstains at crime scenes. But now, researchers report in ACS’ journal Analytical Chemistry that ...

As seen on crime shows, investigators use a combination of luminol and other substances to light up bloodstains at crime scenes. But now, researchers report in ACS' journal Analytical Chemistry that ...