Succulents glow in shades of red, green, blue, and more after being infused with afterglow phosphor particles that absorb and slowly release light. CREDIT: Liu et al., Matter 2025 Get the Popular ...

These succulents got a glow up from researchers in China who injected the plants with inorganic phosphor particles (Matter 2025, DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2025.102370). The science behind the glow is the ...

Party animal. This image of an eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus) is the first to show a wild marsupial glowing under ultraviolet light — an effect known as biofluorescence. Under visible light, this ...

Scientists have developed an innovative battery that converts energy from radioactive waste into electricity, transforming a hazardous by-product of nuclear power generation into a potential energy ...

From mushrooms that cast a soft green glow to plankton that glimmers sparkling blue, glowing plants are nothing new to nature. Now, scientists are bringing that light to houseplants. Reporting in the ...

University students might soon have something other than black-light posters to brighten their dorm rooms. Researchers have created glow-in-the-dark plants by injecting succulents with materials ...

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