Plants using C4 photosynthesis grow 20-100 percent quicker than more common C3 plants by altering the shape, size and structure of their leaves and roots, according to a new study. Plants using C4 ...

The mechanics behind photosynthesis in plants could be used in the fight against climate change, according to one scientist. Understanding the way plants use and store light to produce energy could be ...

Scientists have long understood how photosynthesis works – but only up to a point. The very fine details are hard to discern. Everything takes place at the molecular and even the atomic scale, ...

Before plants evolved, vegetative life consisted of primitive green algae living in the sea. Like plants, these algae ...

Experimental seedlings in the laboratory. UC Davis plant biologists have discovered how chloroplasts, responsible for photosynthesis in green plants, also play a key role in plant immunity to ...

The relative amounts of apparent photosynthesis in two portions of the spectrum, one usually in the yellow, were determined for white pine trees grown in red or in blue-violet light. There were rather ...

The green dots inside these plant cells are the chloroplasts which house the plant's solar energy capture and conversion capabilities Solar energy is a key component of humanity’s shift towards “green ...

Plants take advantage of quantum mechanics to harvest sunlight with near-perfect efficiency—though only roughly 2 percent of that capture sunlight ultimately gets stored as chemical energy. Now ...