Photosystem II (PSII) is the only biological machine capable of splitting water into oxygen using sunlight. It plays a ...

A set of breakthroughs from scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is ...

A set of breakthroughs from scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is offering a new ...

Cyanobacteria began contributing oxygen to Earth's mostly noxious atmosphere more than 2 billion years ago. The photosystem II protein complex now shared by various lineages of cyanobacteria, algae ...

A recent collaborative study has deciphered the cryo-EM structure of the spinach type I PSII-LHCII megacomplex, providing insights into the principles of higher-order assembly and the ...

The Photosystem I (PSI) complex is a thoroughly studied reaction center that has been proposed as a nanoscale photovoltaic structure in diverse applications, including activation of excitable cells by ...

A recent study from Japan uncovered the dynamics of Photosystem II during water oxidation, using cutting-edge pump-probe serial femtosecond X-ray crystallography. The study revealed rapid ...

Photosynthesis is still a mystery—but science is revealing unknown steps Most plants split water molecules to generate energy, and now we have a clearer picture of exactly how they do it.

Photosynthesis plays a crucial role in shaping and sustaining life on Earth, yet many aspects of the process remain a mystery. One such mystery is how Photosystem II, a protein complex in plants ...

Researchers have serendipitously discovered that a key step in photosynthesis can occur much earlier in the process than previously believed.

Heat and water deficit stresses tend to impede and restrict the efficiency of photosynthesis, chlorophyll fluorescence and maximum photochemical quantum yield in plants based on their characteristic ...