We have achieved interesting goals in the study of the phenomenon of Delayed Luminescence in the following areas: physical models, medicine, environment, food quality, technological research.
- Environmental and food quality:
- We were able to evaluate the viability and the germination power of single seeds in a dormant state, measuring their delayed luminescence (DL).
- We were able to characterize the nutritional quality of tomatoes, measuring their DL.
- We were able to detect, via the DL of monocellular algae, water pollution induced by heavy metals up to the limits prescribed by EU environmental safety regulations.
- Physical models:
- We developed a model describing the Delayed luminescence of single Acetabularia acetabulum cells supposing the existence of coherent collective states, propagating along cytoskeleton.
- We demonstrated the close connection between Delayed luminescence and the dielectric constant of mammalian collagen.
- Medicine:
- We developed a new, DL based, non-invasive technique for the analysis of human skin able to discriminate people according to age and sex.
- We were able to discriminate between tumour and normal cells both in tissues and in vitro using the DL and the ultraweak spontaneous photon emission.
- We demonstrate the influence of low intensity electromagnetic fields on primary rat neocortical astroglial cell cultures.
- Technological research:
- We built up several experimental set up which allowed us to measure the DL from different biological systems.