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

Microplastics can cut a plant’s ability to photosynthesize by up to 12 percent, new research shows microplastics are accumulating in the environment Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA ...

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

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 ...

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