With global energy demand climbing and climate challenges intensifying, researchers are exploring transformative new ways to ...

A new material tackles the carbon problem of concrete production and usage by employing a pretty unusual workforce: cyanobacteria. The bio-cement these micro-organisms help to produce harnesses a ...

A government ministry has charted out a road map that sets a 2030 goal for implementing available technologies for artificial ...

Japan has drawn up a plan to scale up artificial photosynthesis technology by 2040, aiming to convert carbon dioxide into ...

A multifunctional nanophotonic fertilizer enhances crop growth by converting near-infrared light into red light, releasing ...

Terrestrial plants drove an increase in global photosynthesis between 2003 and 2021, a trend partially offset by a weak decline in photosynthesis—the process of using sunlight to make food—among ...

Japan plans to scale up artificial photosynthesis technology by 2040, aiming to convert carbon dioxide into fuel, as part of ...

Scientists today claimed one of the milestones in the drive for sustainable energy — development of the first practical artificial leaf. Speaking here at the 241st National Meeting of the American ...

It's not an exaggeration to suggest that the most significant event on Earth was the evolution of photosynthesis. The ability to harvest energy from light freed life from the need to scavenge energy ...

Carbon dioxide emissions trap heat in the atmosphere, warming the planet. Too much CO2 can disrupt the climate and oceans.

The environmentally-conscious composite flax fiber can very nearly match the strength-to-weight properties of carbon fiber.

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