Chinese scientists reveal glowing plants that could light cities (www.euronews.com)

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[-] lemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

I think the energy metabolism of any organism would limit the amount of light you can get. I don't believe any organism (except maybe bacteria with lots of nutrients provided) has that much energy to spare and handle without dying pretty fast.

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[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 hours ago

there's actually some research on the subject that I linked in the other reply in this thread

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