Fluorescence

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Absorption and then reemission of photons by substances.

Fluorescence is most prominently observed, in microscopy, with the absorption of UV light in combination with reemission as visible light

See also fluorescence microscopy, confocal microscopy, fluorescent antibody techniques, immunofluorescence, and fluorescent n situ hybridization.