C&EN

Chemistry in pictures: Glow-in-the-dark succulents

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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Researchers Create Rechargeable, Glow-in-the-Dark Succulents

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 ...
Gizmodo

Glow-in-the-Dark Succulents Could Be the Future of Ambient Lighting

A surprisingly simple trick is helping scientists make succulent leaves shine brighter than ever, giving these favorite houseplants a new glow. Reading time 2 minutes Glowing plants are pleasant to ...
CNN

Scientists have created rechargeable, multicolored, glow-in-the-dark succulent plants

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 ...
New Scientist

Glow-in-the-dark plants to replace streetlights? Forget it

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 ...