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

So, plants harness the energy from the sun to make food. Photosynthesis happens in the leaves of all green plants. Without photosynthesis there would be no oxygen in our atmosphere and life as we ...

Camouflage is a common defensive strategy among animals. By modifying their coloration and patterning, animals evade ...

They synthesized materials that could be used in antidepressant and hay fever drugs. Scientists make major energy ...

Companies have been manufacturing synthetic fuels for nearly a century by combining carbon monoxide (which can be sourced from carbon dioxide) and hydrogen under high temperatures. But the hope is ...

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

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 ...

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

The sooner a farmer knows that their crops are suffering, the faster they can take action to prevent major crop failure. A ...

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

I paid a lot of attention to those words because I already had a big — make that a giant interest in growing these fascinating plants that seemed to defy the worst of abuse and still kept on growing, ...

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 ...