A team from Empa is creating luminous wood by using honey fungus, which glows thanks to a natural bioluminescence process.

Scientists have developed a method for creating glowing wood using bioluminescent fungi. This sustainable approach involves ...

In order to defy climate change and the bark beetle, more deciduous trees are being planted in Swiss forests. If possible, ...

Swiss researchers have developed a new kind of wood that glows in the dark. To achieve the breakthrough, they combined balsa ...

This has been achieved thanks to a parasite: The honey fungus is a pathogen that causes white rot in trees and is therefore actually a wood pest. Some species produce the natural substance luciferin, ...

Empa researchers have developed bioluminescent wood by infusing hardwood with the honey fungus (Desarmillaria tabescens), a ...

Over 70 species of fungi show bioluminescence. They produce a glow known as "foxfire" in rotting wood. The term is a French-English hybrid of "faux" and "fire" for "false fire". The purpose of ...

The scientists from Empa’s Cellulose & Wood Materials lab in Switzerland were inspired by bioluminescent plants, enclosing ...

The sanctuary’s dense, moist forests are home to various bioluminescent fungi that emit a soft, ethereal glow, particularly ...