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November 8th, 2010
Tree-lit streets closer to reality
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A postdoctoral research fellow at Academia Sinica's Research Center for Applied Sciences recently discovered a method of inducing luminescence in leaves utilizing gold nanoparticles that could one day be used to create more environmentally friendly natural street lighting.
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