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 ...

Researchers have developed soft yet durable materials that glow in response to mechanical stress, such as compression, stretching or twisting. The materials derive their luminescence from ...

Glow-in-the-dark plants bright enough to light up streets at night may sound like the stuff of science fiction or fantasy. But scientists have already made plants that emit a greenish glow. They are ...

Researchers are using glow-in-the-dark materials to enhance and improve rapid COVID-19 home tests. Researchers at the University of Houston are using glow-in-the-dark materials to enhance and improve ...

Scientists have identified two new marine species off Western Australia: a small, glowing West Australian Lanternshark and a delicate porcelain crab living symbiotically with sea-pen corals. These ...