Plant cells have chloroplasts while animal cells don’t. Plant cells need chloroplasts so that they can convert energy from ...

Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, essential structures responsible for the photosynthesis that sustains life on Earth by ...

Researchers show algae can grow in Mars-like atmospheric pressure conditions. If humans are ever to establish permanent settlements beyond Earth, they will need to build habitable structures. However, ...

Scientists at MIT have turbocharged one of nature’s most sluggish but essential enzymes—rubisco—by applying a cutting-edge ...

Beyond corals, the tool has widespread potential for studying other small-scale marine organisms that photosynthesize, such ...

Photosystem II (PSII) is the only biological machine capable of splitting water into oxygen using sunlight. It plays a ...

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

Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

A new scientific study found that elevated levels of atmospheric CO₂ can help crops grow faster and bigger, but not healthier.

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