Photosynthesis, the natural process of converting sunlight energy into chemical energy and generating molecular oxygen, is a ...

Plants mastered the art of harvesting sunlight billions of years ago, using elegant rings of pigments in their leaves. Now, ...

Plants and other photosynthetic organisms typically rely on extra pigments, such as orange carotenoids, to safely absorb and disperse excess energy, thus acting as a sort of molecular sunscreen.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have traced the paths of three water channels in an ancient photosynthetic organism to provide the first comprehensive, experimental study of how ...

In basic terms, photosynthetic organisms take in CO 2, water (H 2 O) and light energy to produce sugars (i.e. the food that makes plants a staple of our diet). During this process, photosynthetic ...

Algae are a diverse group of aquatic organisms that have the ability to conduct photosynthesis. Certain algae are familiar to most people; for instance, seaweeds (such as kelp or phytoplankton ...

Tiny photosynthetic microbes could be secretly thriving on Mars — hiding inside small bubbles of liquid water in the thin layers of dusty ice that litter the Red Planet's surface, a new NASA-led ...