Most life on Earth depends upon plants for energy. Plants capture light from the sun and use it to build up chemical stores of energy. This is called photosynthesis. The basic structure of a plant ...

Photosynthesis is one of nature’s most useful chemical reactions, so it’s not surprising that scientists often try to mimic it. Now, researchers from the Max Planck Institute have developed a new way ...

In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore how the processes of photosynthesis! Plants and trees may seem pretty passive, but behind the scenes, their cells are working hard to put on a ...

Cells get nutrients from their environment, but where do those nutrients come from? Virtually all organic material on Earth has been produced by cells that convert energy from the Sun into ...

Cyanobacteria are a large group of unicellular organisms that are similar to bacteria but have the ability to perform photosynthesis – using carbon and sunlight to create oxygen and the sugars needed ...

A relatively new kind of semiconductor, layered atop a mirror-like structure, can mimic the way that leaves move energy from the sun over relatively long distances before using it to fuel chemical ...

Scientists in France have transformed the chemical energy generated by photosynthesis into electrical energy by developing a novel biofuel cell. The advance offers a new strategy to convert solar ...

University of Tübingen team discovers mechanism of shape formation in plants – as predicted by mathematician Alan Turing Plant leaves need a large surface area to capture sunlight for photosynthesis.