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MIT gave photosynthesis a boost by evolving rubisco to work faster, raising hopes for higher crop yields and more efficient ...

Perhaps the most unusual feature of Monotropa uniflora is its color, or lack thereof. While mostly white-colored overall, ...

The efficient conversion of solar energy into storable forms of chemical energy is the dream of many engineers. Nature found a perfect solution to this problem billions of years ago. A new study ...

Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants, algae, and some bacteria convert light energy into chemical energy. It takes place in the chloroplasts, specialized organelles found in plant ...

For photosynthesis, plants absorb things they need – water, nutrients and carbon dioxide. Then a green pigment in their leaves called chlorophyll collects light from the sun.

Experiments suggest that it might become possible to nourish plants without photosynthesis—a tool that could one day help feed astronauts and a crowded planet.

For the first time in the history of science or agriculture, man may be about to make a fundamental improvement in the unique power of plants to manufacture food out of carbon dioxide and water in ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — All life on Earth depends on photosynthesis for food and oxygen. The origin of this crucial process in green plants is a longstanding problem in biology, and a number of ...

Two parasitic plants in a new study are losing genes related to photosynthesis and other plant functions as they continue their food-sucking habits.

During photosynthesis, green plants use light energy from the sun to convert carbon dioxide, water and minerals into the sugars they need for growth.