Photosynthesis provides the foundation for life on Earth by making our atmosphere oxygen rich; it also sequesters carbon pollution from human activity and forms the basis of the food chain. "On a ...

Photosynthesis starts with roots, stomata, and chloroplasts, biological structures found exclusively in plants. Most of us are familiar with roots.

Sunlight drives nearly all life on Earth, but much remains a mystery about the light-harvesting molecules on which biology depends in photosynthesis. In a new study published online June 14 in the ...

Photosynthesis: A Chemical and Biological Process Whether we're standing in a vast forest or our own backyards, plants tend to disguise how they sustain themselves over time. But within every leaf ...

With the help of light energy, water molecules are split apart, generating spare oxygen in the process. And to be clear: the goal of photosynthesis is to help plants thrive, full stop.

The energy from photosynthesis is stored within carbohydrate molecules, which can be kept within an organism until it is needed. The carbohydrate molecules can later be utilized as energy by the ...

Photosynthesis is an important process that permits plants, including trees, to use their leaves to trap the sun's energy in the form of sugar. The leaves then store the resulting sugar in cells ...

Photosynthesis, the process by which some organisms convert sunlight into chemical energy, is well known. But, it is a complex phenomenon, which involves a myriad of proteins.

Molecules that are involved in photosynthesis exhibit the same quantum effects as non-living matter, concludes an international team of scientists. This is the first time that quantum mechanical ...

More information: Reina Hagiwara et al, Bioinspired hydrogels: polymeric designs towards artificial photosynthesis, Chemical Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04033C ...

New movies of drug proteins or photosynthesis in action, shot in millionths of a billionth of a second, show how the molecules work—or fail By Petra Fromme & John C. H. Spence Bryan Christie ...