Scientists are developing ways of making trees glow so they can be used as natural streetlights without the need for electricity. A team of researchers are experimenting with genes to allow the trait that causes fireflies to glow -bioluminescence - to be implanted into a variety of different organisms.
科學家正在研究一種物質可以可以使“植物發光”,將來這種物質未來會代替“路燈”讓樹木不用任何“電能”產生出自然光造福人類。研究團隊通過研究“促使螢火蟲發光的基因”而希望能對植物以及不同的有機生物體產生類似的效果。
As well as replacing traditional streetlights, bioluminescent plants would be useful for people who are not hooked up to the electricity grid. And if more lights were ever required, they could simply be grown.
如果研究能成功,這種“熒光樹”將會取代傳統路燈,而成為依賴“電能”的人類的福音。未來如果人類需要更多光的話,那么種多一點“熒光樹”就能達到目的了。