A group of researchers in St. Gallen, Switzerland, is developing glowing trees using a parasite-like fungus that infiltrates ...

Credit: Empa/Cover Images Swiss researchers have developed a new kind of wood that glows in the dark. Scientists at Empa's ...

Scientists have figured out at least two ways to make plants glow in the dark, delivering a first step – albeit a somewhat ...

A team of scientists are looking into ways in which fungi could provide the world with an alternative light source. Researchers from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and the Empa (Swiss Federal ...

Swiss scientists at Empa have made glow-in-the-dark wood, thanks to a bioluminescent Desarmillaria tabescens honey fungus. In ...

Gallen. Getting it to glow all hinged on a parasite known as ringless honey fungus, Desarmillaria tabescens, which produces luciferin. Under the right conditions, this luciferin glows as the ...

project head Francis Schwarze came to discover that the honey fungus turned out to be a particularly powerful producer of luciferin, which gives the 'shroom its magic glow known as "foxfire." ...

Scientists have developed a method for creating glowing wood using bioluminescent fungi. This sustainable approach involves injecting wood with nutrients to support fungal growth, resulting in a ...