However, no one had tested if this was true. To find out, the team grew cyanobacteria (bacteria that can perform photosynthesis) under early Earth-like conditions. The results showed that their ...

Emulating the concept of natural photosynthesis has long been a focus of chemists in an effort to harness solar light as an energy source using water as an electron donor and a source material.

In some orchids, photosynthesis is out and parasitism is in. Instead of making food from sunlight, some of these plants have become parasitic and primarily suck nutrients out of the fungi in their ...

Scientists are now exploring how to apply this to next-gen renewable energy tech. Photosynthesis, the process plants use to convert sunlight into energy, relies on an incredibly efficient energy ...