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Scientists in China have developed an E coli capable of harnessing sunlight by incorporating a custom-designed artificial ...

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Quantum mechanics plays a role in the process of photosynthesis. Engineers have long sought efficient ways to convert solar ...

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The efficient conversion of solar energy into storable forms of chemical energy is the dream of many engineers. Nature found ...

It is a common gut bacteria that never normally sees the light of day, but now Chinese scientists have engineered E coli so that it can harness sunlight like a plant. Incorporating a custom ...

Researchers try to decode the quantum mechanics of chlorophyll, Nature’s near-perfect light harvester, to harness solar ...

Photosynthesis -- mainly carried out by plants -- is based on a remarkably efficient energy conversion process. To generate chemical energy, sunlight must first be captured and transported further.

Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the ...

A study from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) highlights the role of quantum mechanics in photosynthesis, a process ...

Methanotrophic Bacteria Methanotrophs might be small, but they pack a powerful punch when it comes to turning methane, a ...