The science behind glowing plants might not be at streetlight-level yet, but Amirav-Drory and his team hope to inspire the public to help get it there. "The main motivation was to educate," he said.

kickstart the start-up scene in Las Vegas, wants him to engineer a glowing cactus. Amirav-Drory is hopeful they will reach their goal of one day building boulevards lined with glowing trees.

Gene-edited glowing trees, if they can be grown, could theoretically eliminate the need to manufacture that equipment, would require little cost, and zero electricity. They also would be efficient.

How 'bioluminescent' trees that glow like fireflies could one day replace our streetlights News Published: November 27, 2010 Download Article Listen with Speechify 0:00 Register for free to listen to ...

Mariesii glows white, and a tree of Crispii is a pyramid of green suffused with a glowing yellow surface. One more conifer worth mentioning is the Aurea variety of Scotch pine.

Your living room isn't the only place housing a large green Christmas tree with sparkling lights this year. NASA has found a spot in space with its own glowing cosmic tree for the holiday season ...

The golden glow of street lights could soon be replaced by the green fluorescence of tree leaves. Scientists have implanted glowing, sea urchin shaped gold nanoparticles, known as bio light ...

Even trees could be made to glow in the dark by splicing bioluminescent genes into their trunks and branches, say experts. These future "green" cities could resemble fairylands filled with radiant ...

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The golden glow of street lights could soon be replaced by the green fluorescence of tree leaves. Scientists from the Academia Sinica and the National Cheng Kung University in Taipei and Tainan ...