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Succulents glow in shades of red, green, blue, and more after being infused with afterglow phosphor particles that absorb and slowly release light. CREDIT: Liu et al., Matter 2025 Get the Popular ...

To make the plants glow, Liu and her fellow researchers injected the leaves of the succulent Echeveria “Mebina” with strontium aluminate, a material often used in glow-in-the-dark toys that absorbs ...