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"...what if we could create natural street lights that don’t need
electricity to power them? A group of scientists in Taiwan recently
discovered that placing gold nanoparticles within the leaves of trees
causes them to give off a luminous reddish glow. The idea of using trees
to replace street lights is an ingenious one – not only would it save on
electricity costs and cut CO2 emissions, but it could also greatly
reduce light pollution in major cities."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
