Could luminous trees replace street lights?

Scientists in Taiwan researching into ways to create high efficiency lighting simillar to LED, though without using costly and toxic phosphorous accidentally discovered an ingenious potential alternative.

Dr. Yen-Hsun Wu found that when gold nanoparticles where implanted into the leaves of the Bacopa caroliniana plants, they were able to induce the chlorophyll in the leaves to produce a red emission. This bio-LED could sigificantly reduce electricity consumption, phosphorus and light pollution and make our streets look magical and enchanting..

                  



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