Microplastics can cut a plant’s ability to photosynthesize by up to 12 percent, new research shows microplastics are ...

On average, these little particles could reduce photosynthesis in plants and algae by up to 12 percent, according to the ...

That process, called carbon fixation, resulted in the assembly of two three-carbon molecules called 3-phosphoglycerate (3-PGA ...

Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, essential ...

Companies have been manufacturing synthetic fuels for nearly a century by combining carbon monoxide (which can be sourced ...

Learn how replicating the natural process plants use to create their own food from sun and water could ease some ...

This is because plants only capture some of the sunlight for photosynthesis; the process plants use to convert sunlight and ...

A team from the University of Illinois has determined that improving a key component of soybean photosynthesis is unlikely to ...

With artificial photosynthesis, humankind could utilize solar energy to bind carbon dioxide and produce hydrogen. Chemists have taken this one step further: They have synthesized a stack of dyes that ...

Microplastics, the scientists estimated, are responsible for a reduction in photosynthesis of 7 to 12 percent worldwide in plants and algae. That cut in photosynthesis, the researchers warned ...

SAN DIEGO — Plants thrive on photosynthesis, which is essential to their growth and development. New research is showing how an alternative form of photosynthesis could produce more productive ...