Earth responded to its most severe past warming event by evolving a new and bizarre type of photosynthesis that allowed a group of primitive plants to survive. Research led by the University of Leeds ...

Researchers designed bioinspired hydrogels capable of using sunlight to produce hydrogen and oxygen from water. Hydrogels contain polymer networks that facilitate energy conversion, offering a ...

Plants use sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into energy-rich sugars and oxygen in various ways (photosynthesis).

Photosynthesis is the oldest carbon-capture technology on Earth. For eons, plants have pulled carbon dioxide from the ...

In 1988, the chickpeas and rice in this curry were part of a well balanced meal a serving of each provided a plethora of essential nutrients, ...

Explore the history of life on Earth, from 3.5-billion-year-old fossils to the vast diversity of species on our planet today.

Researchers have made the ground shake in southern Switzerland, triggering thousands of tiny earthquakes in a monitored ...

The ocean covers about 70% of the Earth’s surface and holds roughly 50 times the amount of carbon found in the atmosphere.

When atmospheric chemists Paul Crutzen and John Birks added smoke into their computer models of nuclear war scenarios, they ...

Susie Dai’s lab at the University of Missouri smells faintly of oranges, and that is not an accident. Her team has spent ...

The government, through the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB), says it is testing new grape varieties as part of efforts to scale up commercial cultivation.

The sinister secret of this free-floating pond plant lies beneath the water’s surface. Meet the bladderwort and its highly effective trap ...