科学家创造出一种新植物，一辈子都会发光
<p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="glowing">glowing</span> <span word="greenhouse">greenhouse</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="dreams">dreams</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="away">away</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tantalising">tantalising</span> <span word="nudge">nudge</span> <span word="closer">closer</span>.</p><p>我们梦想中闪闪发光的温室距离我们仍然很遥远，但现在有了点吸引人的进展了。</p><p><span word="Scientists">Scientists</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="genetically">genetically</span> <span word="engineered">engineered</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="plant">plant</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="visible">visible</span> <span word="glow">glow</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="self">self</span>-<span word="sustaining">sustaining</span> <span word="glow">glow</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="lasts">lasts</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="duration">duration</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plant">plant</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="cycle">cycle</span>.</p><p>科学家不仅是使用一点可见光对植物进行基因改造，而是让植物一生都能靠自己持续发光。</p><p><span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="breathtaking">breathtaking</span> <span word="improvement">improvement</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="previous">previous</span> <span word="glowing">glowing</span> <span word="plants">plants</span>. <span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="brighter">brighter</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="previous">previous</span> <span word="genetically">genetically</span> <span word="engineered">engineered</span> <span word="tobacco">tobacco</span> <span word="plants">plants</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="doesn">doesn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="fed">fed</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="chemicals">chemicals</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="maintain">maintain</span> <span word="luminescence">luminescence</span>. <span word="Also">Also</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="duration">duration</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="glow">glow</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="longer">longer</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="glowing">glowing</span> <span word="plants">plants</span> <span word="produced">produced</span> <span word="using">using</span> <span word="plant">plant</span> <span word="nanobionics">nanobionics</span>.</p><p>这是在之前发光植物基础上的惊人进步，比之前进行基因改造的烟草要更亮，也不需要添加化学物质来维持发光。发光时间也比采用植物纳米仿生学的发光植物更长。</p><p><span word="Of">Of</span> <span word="course">course</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="immediately">immediately</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="breathtaking">breathtaking</span> <span word="Avatar">Avatar</span>-<span word="style">style</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="garden">garden</span>, <span word="glittering">glittering</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="gleaming">gleaming</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="darkness">darkness</span>, <span word="and">and</span> - <span word="further">further</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="future">future</span> - <span word="reducing">reducing</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="dependence">dependence</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="electric">electric</span> <span word="lighting">lighting</span>.</p><p>当然，我们都立刻想到了令人惊叹的阿凡达式夜间花园，能在黑暗中闪闪发光，未来还能减少我们对电气照明的依赖。</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="glowing">glowing</span> <span word="greenery">greenery</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="understand">understand</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plants">plants</span> <span word="themselves">themselves</span> - <span word="how">how</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="metabolism">metabolism</span> <span word="works">works</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="respond">respond</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="them">them</span>.</p>
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