A new Yale study aims to settle a longstanding question about photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert sunlight ...

Microplastics can cut a plant’s ability to photosynthesize by up to 12 percent, new research shows microplastics are ...

A team of environmental researchers, Earth scientists and pollution specialists at Nanjing University, the Chinese Academy of ...

Plants have been using solar energy for millions of years, but advances in machine learning and protein engineering could ...

How can we produce clean hydrogen without burning fossil hydrocarbons or other non-renewable energy sources? We can do so ...

Under the sea ice during the Arctic’s pitch-black polar night, cells power photosynthesis on the lowest light levels ever ...

The study revealed that microplastics are disrupting photosynthesis across a broad spectrum of plant species, including ...

A research team led by Assistant Professor Shogo Mori and Professor Susumu Saito at Nagoya University has developed a method ...

Michigan State University researchers found that under high light, high carbondioxide conditions, plants photosynthesize more ...

In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore how the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration work, why they’re so critical for all life on Earth, and how they’re ...

"Imagine a planet where plants are twice as efficient," said Bruce Leak, general partner at Playground Global and GigaCrop board member. "GigaCrop has the potential to change the world by doubling ...

It is widely believed that Earth's atmosphere has been rich in oxygen for about 2.5 billion years due to a relatively rapid increase in microorganisms capable of performing photosynthesis. Researchers ...