A model solar fuels device called a photoelectrochemical cell. A research team led by Francesca Toma, a staff scientist at the Liquid Sunlight Alliance in…
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This illustration features a cryo-EM “map” of the photosystem II complex. It is a 3D reconstruction, based on two-dimensional cryo-EM images, with different protein subunits…
Jelena Godrijan performs measurements on coccolithophores during long-term experiments at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. The work led to a discovery of how some species…
Plant cells Plant cells inside a leaf seen through a microscope. A group of proteins in plant cells plays a vastly more important role in…
A new study finds that plants are photosynthesizing more in response to more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but nowhere near enough to remove all…
: By mimicking photosynthesis, MIT researchers have designed a new type of photocatalyst that can absorb light and use it to help catalyze a variety…
The injected green algae (green) sit inside the blood vessels (magenta) like a string of pearls. Credit: Özugur et al./iScience Photosynthesizing algae injected into the…
A new study shows oxygenic photosynthesis likely evolved between 3.4 and 2.9 billion years ago. Some time in Earth’s early history, the planet took a…
The photosynthetic sea slug, Plakobranchus ocellatus type black, (left) and an electron micrograph displaying sequestered algal chloroplasts within a sea slug cell (right). Credit: Taro…
Blocked blood vessels in the brains of stroke patients prevent oxygen-rich blood from getting to cells, causing severe damage. Plants and some microbes produce oxygen…
Cyanobacteria on a water surface. Researchers find that the earliest bacteria had the tools to perform a crucial step in photosynthesis, changing how we think…
Pine tree in winter. Credit: Montage by Stefan Jansson and Pushan Bag How can conifers that are used for example as Christmas trees keep their…
Electron microscopy image of a densely packed droplet of hydrogen-producing algal cells. Scale bar, 10 micrometers. Credit: Prof Xin Huang, Harbin Institute of Technology Scientists…
PhenoChip- a microfluidic device for the single cell phenotyping of unicellular phototrophs such as microalgae and cyanobacteria. Credit: Lars Behrendt Novel technology for the selection…
Global economic growth comes with increasing demand for energy, but stepping up energy production can be challenging. Recently, scientists have achieved record efficiency for solar-to-fuel…
Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory One of nature’s most important chemical reactions is now being captured in a breakthrough “molecular movie.” Using a unique…
Understanding nature’s process could inform the next generation of artificial photosynthetic systems that produce clean and renewable energy from sunlight and water. Photosystem II is…
Study reveals a mechanism that plants can use to dissipate excess sunlight as heat. For plants, sunlight can be a double-edged sword. They need it…
An electron microscope image shows the semiconductor nanowires. These deliver electrons to metal nanoparticles, which turn carbon dioxide and water into methane. Credit: Baowen Zhou…
Protein structure solved by study. Credit: University of Sheffield Scientists reveal ‘beating heart’ of photosynthesis that is responsible for significantly influencing plant growth. Study shows…