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 seemingly ...

Photosynthesis has evolved in plants for millions of years to turn water, carbon dioxide, and the energy from sunlight into plant biomass and the foods we eat. This process, however, is very ...

Plants and trees may seem pretty passive, but behind the scenes, their cells are working hard to put on a magic show. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore how the processes of ...

Cross sections of C3 rice (left) and C4 sorghum (right) shoots. Both grain crops evolved from a common ancestor, but sorghum evolved to photosynthesize more efficiently. LA JOLLA (November 20, ...

Photosynthesis may have evolved about half a billion years before oxygen became abundant in the Earth’s atmosphere, suggests a new study (Proc. R. Soc. B 2021, 10.1098/rspb.2021.0675). This discovery ...

A team from the University of Illinois has developed a modeling framework connecting enzyme activity related to photosynthesis to yield. This is the first time a model has tied the dynamic ...

Photosynthetic systems, particularly those involving photosystems I and II (PSI and PSII), are at the forefront of research aimed at harnessing solar energy for various applications, including ...

Photosynthesis has evolved in plants for millions of years to turn water, carbon dioxide, and the energy from sunlight into plant biomass and the foods we eat. This process, however, is very ...

Plants are growing in complete darkness in an acetate medium that replaces biological photosynthesis. CREDIT Marcus Harland-Dunaway/UCR Photosynthesis has evolved in plants for millions of years to ...