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

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.

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 ...

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

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

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

Quantum mechanics plays a role in the process of photosynthesis. Engineers have long sought efficient ways to convert solar ...

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 ...

Breathing New Air Chinese astronauts claim to have created rocket fuel on board the country's Tiangong space station using a ...