Plants use sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into energy-rich sugars and oxygen in various ways (photosynthesis).

Studies of the energy-harvesting proteins in primitive cells suggest that key features of photosynthesis might have evolved a billion years earlier than scientists thought. Researchers have caught ...

DR CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN:We need energy every minute of every day to stay alive, not just when we're exercising. Now, we all know that our energy comes from our food and our drink but how does it get ...

Photosynthesis takes place before our eyes every day in every single little green leaf -- yet the details of the complex process have not yet been fully understood. A research team has unraveled ...

C4 photosynthesis represents a striking example of convergent evolution, where multiple plant lineages have independently modified an ancestral C3 pathway to enhance carbon fixation efficiency. This ...

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 ...

From virtual labs to personalized AI tutors, artificial intelligence is reshaping how students engage with biology. These tools make complex concepts like photosynthesis or genetics more interactive, ...

Alizée Malnoë ascends a spiral staircase to Myers Hall’s fourth floor “greenhouse,” one lacking windows. Just within stands metal shelving, housing trays of seedlings haloed by grow lights. She ...

Using a complex cast of metal-studded pigments, proteins, enzymes, and co-enzymes, photosynthetic organisms can convert the energy in light into the chemical energy for life. And now, thanks to a ...

Concept maps are transforming how students learn cell biology by turning complex systems into clear, visual relationships. They help connect processes like photosynthesis, respiration, and gene ...