Light production by the marine dinoflagellate Pyrocystis lunula as its cell wall is deformed by fluid flow, with a closeup in the right panel. Selected for an Editors’ Suggestion and a Focus in Physics.

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Stress-Induced Dinoflagellate Bioluminescence at the Single Cell Level
Maziyar Jalaal, Nico Schramma, Antoine Dode, Hélène de Maleprade, Christophe Raufaste, and Raymond E. Goldstein
Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 028102 (2020)

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