Plant phototropism—directional growth in response to light—serves as a key adaptive mechanism, optimizing photosynthesis and ...

Some plants can photosynthesise using nightglow, traditionally comprising moonlight, starlight and the light reflected from ...

During oxygenic photosynthesis, light energy transfers electrons from water (H2O) taken up by plant roots to CO2 to produce carbohydrates. In this transfer, ...

Photosynthesis in the Shade "Until now, researchers have seldom considered the possibility that plants utilise far-red light for photosynthesis", says WUR PhD candidate Tinko Jans.

A set of breakthroughs from scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is ...

Photosynthesis has fueled life on Earth for billions of years. Learn how it shapes ecosystems, sustains life, and even aids ... in the “ light-dependent reaction,” a chloroplast captures the energy ...

The standard, near-universal type of photosynthesis uses the green pigment, chlorophyll-a, both to collect light and use its energy to make useful biochemicals and oxygen.

The process of photosynthesis is obviously more than simple magic. In basic terms, photosynthetic organisms take in CO 2, water (H 2 O) and light energy to produce sugars (i.e. the food that makes ...

Scientists discovered a new form of photosynthesis that could expand the search for alien life and help with genetically engineering crops to live in lower light conditions.

Light intensity affects the rate of photosynthesis. The light intensity fluctuates during the day, and will also be affected by the weather.

The result was the formation of new pigments to absorb more light for photosynthesis. Cryptophytes under a scanning electron microscope. CSIRO via Wikicommons under CC BY 3.0. Matt Greenwold ...