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'Assassin tree' glows to lure bait
A team of experts from the Jawaharlal Nehru Research Institute and Botanical Garden in Kerala, India discovered green fluorescent light from the fly-catch tree (Dionaea…
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Cockroaches glow to fool enemies
This new insect named scientifically Lucihormetica luckae lives in tropical South America. One of its representatives has been found since 1939 in Ecuador but has not be…
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The unique gift of fireflies
In addition to glowing to seduce mates, male fireflies also offer a unique
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E.coli is encoded with confidential information
Scientists have developed a method of encoding information into E. coli bacteria through genetic technology to transmit confidential information.
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Korea successfully created glowing dogs
Korean scientists recently claimed to have created a glowing dog thanks to a cloning technique, which could help find treatments for human diseases such as Alzheimer's a…
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Detecting night glowing mushrooms in Brazil
Researchers at San Francisco State University, USA, have found bioluminescent fungi that have never been seen since 1840.
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Glowing mushroom
Continuous glowing in the tropical forests of Brazil, Mycena luxaeterna is like tiny stars on the ground.
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Cats emit blue light thanks to genetic modification
Researchers at the Audubon New Orleans Biological Research Center in the United States have created a cat that can emit blue light by modifying its genes.
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Mine detection with glowing bacteria
Scottish scientists have developed a mine-detection method that is both safe and inexpensive, using bacteria that emit blue light when exposed to explosives.
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The first glowing monkeys in the world
Two Japanese scientists used gene implantation techniques to create monkeys with green hair, luminescent skin and blood vessels under special light.
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Dogs glow in the night
Korean scientists have successfully cloned four dogs capable of emitting red light in the dark.
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Glow worm
Dr. David Merritt of the University of Queensland (Australia) discovered daily biorhythms as a factor in the act of turning on and off 'lights' in glowing worms.
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Cats glow in the night
Korean scientists have created fluorescently modified cats in the body, to find ways to treat genetic diseases in humans. This has caused cats to glow in the dark when e…
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Found glowing fish-like creatures in the dark
The researchers found these bi-amphibious organisms, also called lanceletes, which contained green fluorescent proteins that could act as concealed shields.
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Creatures glow - the magic of nature
On the night before landing on the Americas, Christopher Columbus saw