Chasing Bats with Brilliant Light: The Curious Story of the Great Moonlight Towers Experiment
— July 21, 2026In the late nineteenth century, cities across the United States embraced a dazzling new…
This may be the most bizarre of the whole bunch. Certain species of jellyfish have a compound in them that makes them glow in the dark. The compound is believed to have qualities that could allow it to be used to make a new kind of fuel cell. Scientists at at The Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden have already used the compound, called GFP, to produce small amounts of electricity.
In the late nineteenth century, cities across the United States embraced a dazzling new…
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