A new study led by Harvard biologists describes how some sea slugs consume algae and incorporate their photosynthetic ...

The team has named these sacs “kleptosomes.” These membrane-bound compartments protect the chloroplasts and keep them ...

NEET 2026 aspirants should strategically prioritize Biology chapters, as it constitutes 50% of the exam. Human Physiology and ...

Laboratory and field experiments have repeatedly demonstrated that modifications to the process of photosynthesis or to the ...

Soils are not just the ground we walk on or a medium to plant into – they are dynamic, living energy systems with a host of ...

The Leaving Cert biology paper (higher level) has been well-received by teacher and students alike, with praise for the layout and choice. Killian Keegan, a student at Athlone Community College and ...

Scientists have been trying to make photosynthesis happen in animals since the 1970s. An image shows chloroplasts (magenta colored) successfully incorporated into animal cells for the first time.

CO2 reduction: Two new research groups at the Max Planck Society are working on a more efficient form of photosynthesis to ...

Scientists in Japan have created hybrid plant-animal cells, essentially making animal cells that can gain energy from sunlight like plants. The breakthrough could have major benefits for growing ...

Photosynthesis, the way plants and some tiny organisms turn sunlight into energy, works incredibly well even though ...

As we say slán to Irish, it means that the mandatory subjects are out of the way. It was still a long slog those sitting Irish Paper 2 and Biology. We are here with another instalment of the Leaving ...

It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants feed upon. What seems to be an inert plant, a part of the ecological ...