The Coral Cowboy

Biologist David Gruber dives the glowing ocean to discover new fluorescent molecules that could one day find their way to the lab bench.This slideshow is provided by Scienceline, a project of New York University's Science, Health and Environmenta

Laura Geggel

Jul 19, 2012 | 1 min read

Biologist David Gruber dives the glowing ocean to discover new fluorescent molecules that could one day find their way to the lab bench.

This slideshow is provided by Scienceline, a project of New York University's Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program.

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