Glow sticks are having a glow-up. Researchers have discovered that brightly colored party favors are perfect not just for illuminating dance floors but also for identifying biothreats. Professors at ...

In this video, I attempt to create a giant glow stick using safe, high-level principles behind how real glow sticks work.

A common party favor may be turning into a handy U.S. military tool. Researchers at the University of Houston have discovered how glow sticks can be used in the testing and detection of biothreats.

Richard Willson, Huffington-Woestemeyer Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Houston, is adapting technology of glow sticks to excite fluorescent particles to ...

Cyalume glow sticks pictured at the AUSA annual convention in Washington. (Colin Demarest/Staff) “Oh, my kids love these,” a man in a suit said, barely breaking stride as he grabbed a sample before ...

Each Halloween, poison centers in the United States see a spike in the number of calls about glow products such as glow sticks and glow jewelry, according to data from America's Poison Centers, which ...