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The research team's glowing succulents, which lit up in shades of red, green and blue Liu et al., Matter Imagine walking through a garden after sunset. Instead of flicking the outdoor lights on, the ...

Succulents glow in shades of red, green, blue, and more after being infused with afterglow phosphor particles that absorb and slowly release light. CREDIT: Liu et al., Matter 2025 Get the Popular ...

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 ...

There are the bad product ideas that just make you sigh, and then there are the ones you absolutely loathe. For me, glowing plants created by pumping leaves full of phosphorescent chemicals fall ...

Rudolph’s red nose isn’t the only unconventional glowing object these days. Scientists have figured out at least two ways to make plants glow in the dark, delivering a first step – albeit a somewhat ...