Tuesday, June 30, 2026
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Light without electricity? Glowing algae could make it possible

Imagine a sea of glowing blue lights pulsing to the beat of the music. But instead of glow sticks filled with toxic chemicals, the luminescence comes from living algae, shimmering on demand. In a new study published in Science Advances, researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder and collabora...

Light without electricity? Glowing algae could make it possible
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Imagine a sea of glowing blue lights pulsing to the beat of the music. But instead of glow sticks filled with toxic chemicals, the luminescence comes from living algae, shimmering on demand. In a new study published in Science Advances, researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder and collaborators unveil a new technology that could make it possible.

Originally published at Phys.org

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