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

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 ...

Wood samples treated with the honey fungus Desarmillaria tabescens glow green in the dark. As Swiss forests increasingly embrace the planting of deciduous trees, which often face direct incineration, ...

Wood blocks exposed to air in the dark showing strong bioluminescence ... project head Francis Schwarze came to discover that the honey fungus turned out to be a particularly powerful producer ...

Now, scientists at Empa have managed to induce those conditions to make glow in the dark wood. The most effective combo turned out to be ringless honey fungus (Desarmillaria tabescens) and balsa ...

Swiss researchers have developed a new kind of wood that glows in the dark. To achieve the breakthrough, they combined balsa with a bioluminescent fungus. The innovative material uses white rot fungus ...

Swiss scientists at Empa have made glow-in-the-dark wood, thanks to a bioluminescent Desarmillaria tabescens honey fungus. In research published on September 12, wood samples were combined with ...