In an age when people are trying to cut energy use in everyday life, designers are increasing turning to nature for inspiration. One Dutch designer has drawn upon the the bioluminescent qualities of ...

Researchers have engineered glowing succulents using afterglow phosphor particles, offering a sustainable alternative to traditional lighting. These plants absorb and slowly release light, emitting a ...

Like the glowing forests from the film “Avatar,” glow-in-the-dark plants are coming to your home. Growing a glowing tree may take a while, but you can order glow-in-the-dark seeds for Arabidopsis, a ...

How many do-it-yourself bioengineering enthusiasts does it take to change a light bulb? Apparently 8,433. That's how many individuals backed the Glowing Plant Project on the crowdfunding website ...

Sometimes, science fiction isn’t that far from reality. And Chinese researchers have just proven it—by developing real, glow-in-the-dark plants that look straight out of Pandora, the luminous alien ...

In Avatar, James Cameron’s 2009 science-fiction epic, the resource-rich world of Pandora is covered in tropical rainforests, all glowing with luscious phosphorescence like some kind of underwater ...

San Francisco-based entrepreneur Antony Evans plans to insert genes from bioluminescent bacteria into a species of flora as a first step to creating glowing trees. Antony Evans San Francisco-based ...