Photosynthesis
Nature’s blueprint: Clams and the future of fiber optics
To build better fiber optic cables, ask a clam.
Some plants have superior photosynthesis abilities
Over 3 billion years ago, photosynthesis first evolved in ancient bacteria on a water-covered Earth. Over millions of years, these bacteria evolved into plants,...
Metabolic strategies of coral larvae to resist bleaching
Coral larvae can retain algae at high temperatures due to reduced metabolism and increased nitrogen storage.
Scientists create hybrid animal cells that gains energy from sunlight
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have combined chloroplasts with animal cells, enabling the cells to harness energy from the sunlight. This technology could...
What impact did a meteorite the size of four Mount Everests have on Earth?
Giant impact had silver lining for life, according to new study.
Electro-agriculture can enable the cultivation of food in the absence of light
Using the same inputs as photosynthesis, electro-ag offers a 4-fold improvement in solar-to-food efficiency
Possibility of photosynthesis in the ice on Mars
Exploring Mars: Uncovering Radiatively Habitable Zones in Dusty Ice
Unlocking the secrets: Barley plants and soil microbes
The custom community of beneficial microbes improve the plants’ growth.
Scientists successfully generated 3D visualizations of chloroplasts’ copying machines
Light into the darkness of photosynthesis.
Why is photosynthetic light harvesting so efficient?
The disorganized arrangement of the proteins in light-harvesting complexes.
Photosynthesis starts with a single photon, the study
A cutting-edge experiment has revealed the quantum dynamics of one of nature’s most crucial processes.
A new study reveals how phytoplankton produce oxygen
V-type AT pase boosts photosynthesis in marine phytoplankton.
Microbes could be used to predict climate change
Early distress signals can help plankton avoid a carbon tipping point.
Researchers have discovered an elusive missing step in photosynthesis’s final act
SLAC's X-ray laser has revealed the process by which oxygen is created.
Scientists use satellites to monitor the planet’s greening in the face of climate change
The new results allow to be more confident about what those changes will be.
New way to harvest electricity from succulent plants’ natural photosynthesis
Producing ‘green’ energy- literally- from living plant ‘bio-solar cells’.
Scientists decoded the previously opaque signals of photosynthesis
Plant cell communication insights could help cure cancer.
Scientists uncovered a source of oxygen hidden deep in the Earth’s crust
The first study shows the vital importance of hot temperatures in maximizing hydrogen peroxide generation.
Producing food without sunshine using artificial Photosynthesis
Developing more energy efficient food production using artificial photosynthesis on Earth which will also be possible on Mars one day.
Photosynthesis in Venus’ clouds could support life
The possible suitability of Venus’ clouds for microbial life, and constraints that may prohibit life.
Ancient origins of photosynthesis: Revealing the mysteries
Evolutionary ‘molecular clock’ experiment to reveal origins of photosynthesis.
Plant communication: A new device can talk to plants
Opening the door to new technologies that make use of plants.
Earth’s atmospheric oxygen will last for another billion years
The fundamental timescale of the oxygen-rich atmosphere on Earth remains uncertain.
MIT scientists proposed a way to grow certain plant tissues in lab
Could lab-grown plant tissue ease the environmental toll of logging and agriculture?
A new spin on metal-organic frameworks
An energy transfer process that mimics photosynthesis could help to extract more power from sunlight.
Some green plant species get carbon from their root fungi
Photosynthesis is the process through which plants nourish themselves. In this process, plants use solar energy to convert water and atmospheric carbon dioxide into...
