Photosynthesis has fueled life on Earth for billions of years. Learn how it shapes ecosystems, sustains life, and even aids ...

If this could be achieved, it would allow plants to grow without sunlight, opening the door to what the paper calls ...

Mimicking how plants convert sunlight into energy has long been a dream for scientists aiming to create renewable energy ...

Humans can do plenty, but plants have an ability we don't: they make energy straight from sunlight, a superpower called ...

Dubbed “electro-agriculture,” the approach uses solar panels to trigger a chemical reaction that turns ambient CO2 into an ...

Osaka Metropolitan University researchers have revealed the 3D structure of lab-made light-harvesting complex II (LHCII), a ...

Researchers have designed bioinspired hydrogels capable of using sunlight to produce hydrogen and oxygen from water.

From Moon crystals to molecules that violate the laws of physics, the possibilities have been all over the place. Now, though, researchers may have found a way to use artificial photosynthesis to ...

The hydrogels are packed with functional molecules, such as ruthenium complexes and platinum nanoparticles, which work together to simulate the natural process of photosynthesis. "The biggest ...

Photosynthesis turns sunlight into usable energy, an extremely complicated process that involves hundreds of different molecules and proteins. Among them is LHCII, the most common pigment-protein ...