The study reveals another potentially catastrophic problem caused by microplastics. Scientists discover alarming factor ...

Unlike us, plants don't need pantries full of food to stay alive; the Sun is their pantry. But, like us, they require fairly regular sustenance, which they create via photosynthesis. This ...

Well, now scientists are warning that these dastardly particles could undermine the entire world's food supplies by undercutting plants' ability to photosynthesize. Their findings — which other ...

While photosynthesis, the natural process all plants ... an international research project that aims to increase global food production by developing food crops that turn the sun's energy into ...

A hack to the photosynthesis of tobacco increased its growth by 40 percent, researchers reported today in Science. The team now hopes to make similar changes to soybeans, potatoes, and other food ...

are the products of photosynthesis. Those products transformed Earth, the oxygen sweetening the atmosphere and the sugars providing food. Together, they allowed for a long and slow blooming of ...

Microplastics are hindering photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert energy from the sun into the fruit and vegetables we eat. This threatens massive losses in crop and seafood production ...

Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants trap light energy and use it to make carbohydrates. Pigments are chemicals found within the chloroplasts which absorb light energy and convert ...

More insight into the process could improve crop productivity WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, ...

But this energy has come from the sun, and he describes the process of photosynthesis. Chris explains that the calories in our food are either in fat, protein or carbohydrates. He summarises by ...