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How to make a plant glow

Science In Action

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A glowing plant has been created by embedding nanoparticles into the cells of a watercress plant. Using these techniques, Professor Michael S. Strano from MIT says you can walk up to any plant in your garden and transform it without even changing its genes. (Image: Watercress plants illuminating a book, Credit: S. Kwak/M. Strano)

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