Swiss researchers have developed a new kind of wood that glows in the dark. To achieve the breakthrough, they combined balsa ...

Credit: Empa/Cover Images Swiss researchers have developed a new kind of wood that glows in the dark. Scientists at Empa's ...

A team from Empa is creating luminous wood by using honey fungus, which glows thanks to a natural bioluminescence process.

In order to defy climate change and the bark beetle, more deciduous trees are being planted in Swiss forests. If possible, ...

Researchers from Scotland’s Rural College have found an alternative light source that could reduce our need for fossil fuels.

Wood samples treated with the honey fungus Desarmillaria tabescens glow green in the dark. As Swiss forests increasingly ...

A team of scientists are looking into ways in which fungi could provide the world with an alternative light source.

Researchers at Empa are exploring a new concept for a composite material derived from hardwood: glowing wood. Besides its ...