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Champoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to Science@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 days ago

Chinese Scientists Made Glowing Plants with Firefly DNA to Replace Streetlights

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Chinese Scientists Made Glowing Plants with Firefly DNA to Replace Streetlights

www.zmescience.com

Champoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to Science@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 days ago
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With plants that look right out of Avatar, cities might soon be lit by glowing foliage instead of streetlamps.
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    For lighting things nearby? Basically useless. For making super fucking cool botanical gardens? Extremely viable. It’s also a great exercise in modifying the genes of plants in novel ways, which is in and of itself promising. Consider a plant that produces silk, or a plant that produces a complete protein as a crop, on top of the usual benefits like drought/disease resistance and increased yields.

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      Soy

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      what if you pergola it

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        Go look at the article, there’s a video of the plants and you can see how much light they emit

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