Scientists Are Engineering Plants to Glow in the Dark. They Could Soon Light Our Cities.

Using gene-editing technology, scientists and start-ups are aiming to provide electricity-free illumination.

Seed banks may complicate gene drives aimed at controlling weeds

Gene drives—a genetic engineering approach that quickly spreads specific genetic changes throughout a population, whether to ...

Chinese scientists unveil glowing Avatar-like plants that could light cities without electricity

Using genes from fireflies and luminous fungi, scientists have created plants that glow in the dark. View on euronews ...
The Western Producer

Gene editing may be entering a new world order

The Europeans may approve the cultivation of gene edited crops, which may convince African and Asian countries to follow suit ...

Ultra-low asparagine wheat developed using precision gene editing

Scientists at Rothamsted Research have successfully developed wheat with dramatically reduced levels of asparagine, without ...

Chinese Scientists Create Glow-in-the-Dark Plants Using Firefly Genes

Scientists in China have developed genetically engineered plants that glow in the dark by transferring light-producing genes ...

Scientists develop gene-edited wheat that can make toasted bread less carcinogenic

Bread and biscuits made from Crispr-edited wheat showed substantially reduced acrylamide levels, even after toasting ...
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Chinese Scientists Bioengineering Plants With Firefly Genes to Glow, in Effort to Light Cities at Night

Night lighting may be due for a plant-based glow-up. The post Chinese Scientists Bioengineering Plants With Firefly Genes to ...
ZME Science

Chinese Scientists Made Glowing Plants with Firefly DNA to Replace Streetlights

With plants that look right out of Avatar, cities might soon be lit by glowing foliage instead of streetlamps.
FarmingUK

First of its kind: Gene-edited crop moves closer to UK farms

A gene-edited barley designed to cut emissions and boost feed efficiency has become the first crop approved under the UK’s ...
Donga Science

Gene-edited wheat cuts potential carcinogen in toast by up to 92%

A new study has found that toast made from wheat created with gene-editing technology can reduce the carcinogen acrylamide by ...