Engineers create plants that glow

[lordsummerisle]

Imagine that instead of switching on a lamp when it gets dark, you could read by the light of a glowing plant on your desk.
MIT engineers have taken a critical first step toward making that vision a reality. By embedding specialized nanoparticles into the leaves of a watercress plant, they induced the plants to give off dim light for nearly four hours. They believe that, with further optimization, such plants will one day be bright enough to illuminate a workspace.

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-engineers-create-plants-that-glow.html

[PoliticAverse]

1. I like my light sources with off switches. n/t

[lordsummerisle]

2. I'm sure they're working on that as well n/t

[caraher]

3. Indeed

"The researchers have also demonstrated that they can turn the light off by adding nanoparticles carrying a luciferase inhibitor."