In October 2023, a two-lane rural road near Semenyih, Malaysia, lit up—not with traditional streetlamps, but with ...

Here’s a simple and interesting idea that increases the visual persistence of a laser scanner image. Using glow-in-the-dark paint, [Daito Manabe] prepares a surface so that the intense light of a ...

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 ...

Petunias that glow in the dark are a thing now. The genetically modified flowers actually generate their own light, and are now legal to sell. Want to light up your life? What about a glow in the dark ...

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 ...

I recently received a question about the use of technology in ecological research, which led to a discussion about blacklights. I wrote a column five years ago about a nighttime adventure in a ...