Plants harness quantum physics to capture solar energy with near-perfect efficiency. Scientists are now exploring how to ...

Green vegetation absorbs carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere through photosynthesis and releases it back into the air ...

Next the researchers are working on soybeans and cowpeas; the latter is “a hugely important food-security crop in African ...

Brandon Hoff, who describes himself as an AI educator, pitted DeepSeek vs. ChatGPT on the topic of photosynthesis.

Scientists have developed a sunlight-powered reactor that directly captures CO2 from the air and transforms it into ...

New research suggests Earth was once a purple planet. Early microbes used retinal, not chlorophyll, for photosynthesis.

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

The findings are published in the journal Nature Communications. Plants use light to generate fuels through photosynthesis—converting energy from the sun into sugar molecules. With artificial ...

Scientists study how tiny pigments in leaves use quantum mechanics to transfer energy efficiently for better solar panels.

Researchers around the world are working on new technologies to capture carbon from the atmosphere, but many approaches fall short on one key metric: their ability to scale. Nature, however, has ...

Dotty Holcomb Doherty’s photography exhibit, "Photosynthesis: Portraits of the Wild," will run from Feb. 15 to March 15 at ...

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