Imagine stepping outside at night and being greeted by softly glowing leaves and flowers, casting an ethereal light over your garden. Thanks to advancements in biotechnology, glow-in-the-dark plants ...

We often think of science as the study of nature. But now, science has the insight to replicate the most striking elements of nature. While some might imagine this type of manipulation as unethical or ...

In a striking new study published in Science Advances, a team of synthetic biologists led by Karen Sarkisyan at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences, have reported the discovery of multiple plant ...

Bioluminescence can be found in a variety of creatures, like squid or fireflies, but have you heard of bioluminescent gophers? Researchers have discovered that pocket gophers, which are little ...

The Firefly Petunia emits a continuous glow similar to moonlight. Its enchanting light is produced by genes isolated from bioluminescent mushrooms. The petunia has proven to be hugely popular, ...

The gallon pot of white petunias I held on an otherwise ordinary subway train, on an otherwise ordinary Thursday in March, would have looked to anyone else like an ordinary houseplant. But I knew ...

Fungi’s evolutionary roots stretch far deeper than once believed — up to 1.4 billion years ago, long before plants or animals appeared. Using advanced molecular dating and gene transfer analysis, ...

Fungi have a nasty reputation among humans. They can cause dangerous diseases like Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida auris among our own kind, massacre beloved fellow animals like frogs and bats and ...