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Chinese Scientists Made Glowing Plants with Firefly DNA to Replace Streetlights
www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/glowing-plants-china-avatar/
ZME ScienceChinese Scientists Made Glowing Plants with Firefly DNA to Replace StreetlightsWith plants that look right out of Avatar, cities might soon be lit by glowing foliage instead of streetlamps.
Replying to @sanitation@lemmy.today
Not nearly enough light.
Replying to @Nomad@infosec.pub
yeah this is definitely a case of “let’s do this because it’s fun and try to think of a legitimate use for it later”.
also you can get glowing petunias now from light.bio.
Light BioGlowing Plants by Light BioFirefly Petunia is the world's first bioluminescent plant. Its soft, moonlight, natural glow is emitted from within the plant’s own living energy. Light Bio’s bioluminescent petunias are more than a plants, they are a biological breakthrough. This living light was selected as one of TIME’s Best Inventions.Replying to @acosmichippo@lemmy.world
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seems predatory
Replying to @Turret3857@infosec.pub
I specifically cloned these and cross bred them to give to my friends. They weren’t even that interesting of a plant, the light gimmick is shit, and you can barely see it on a new moon night. But since they told me I wasn’t allowed to propagate it, that was the first thing I did.