Tuesday, November 16, 2010

I SHIT YOU NOT street lights powered by CO2

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/11/neon-trees/

Taiwanese researchers have stumbled onto something truly magical. When gold nanoparticles were introduced into Bacopa caroliniana plants they caused the chlorophyll to produce reddish light. Bye-bye street lights? But wait, there’s more:

While lit, the glowing trees consumed more carbon from the atmosphere than normal (i.e. the luminescence causes the cells to undergo photosynthesis).

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