Tag: Photosynthesis

New Research Advances Clean Energy Solutions

September 7, 2021
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Tempe, AZ — Meeting society’s growing energy needs has become a daunting challenge for humanity. Demands for energy are expected to nearly double by the year 2050, while the effects of climate change,...

Chlorophyll Fluorescence, the Light from Photosynthesis, Illuminates Our View of Plant Function

August 24, 2021
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Helsinki, Finland — Chlorophyll, the green pigment found in plants and algae, emits faint red and far-red light when illuminated during photosynthesis. This so-called chlorophyll-a fluorescence conveys...

Getting to the Bottom of All Life: Visualizing a Protein Key to Enabling

July 14, 2021
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Okayama, Japan — “All living beings, including us, depend on photosynthesis,” says Prof. Wataru Sakamoto of the Institute of Plant Science and Resources at Okayama University, Japan, as...

New Study Sheds Light on Evolution of Photosynthesis

June 30, 2021
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New Brunswick, NJ — A Rutgers-led study sheds new light on the evolution of photosynthesis in plants and algae, which could help to improve crop production. The paper appears in the journal New...

Redox States in Subcellular Compartments of Plant Cells Estimated with Protein Sensors

July 2, 2020
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Hong Kong, China — By introducing fluorescence protein sensors into live plants, a novel method that allows in planta measurement of NADPH level and NADH/NAD+ ratio in different cell types has been...

Mutation Reduces Energy Waste in Plants

April 9, 2020
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Bochum, Germany — To this end, the team identified several thousand proteins, determined their respective amounts in mutant and reference lines and combined the findings with measurements of photosynthetic...

Photosynthesis — Living Laboratories

November 28, 2019
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Munich, Germany — Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich biologists Marcel Dann and Dario Leister have demonstrated for the first time that cyanobacteria and plants employ similar mechanisms...

Photosynthesis Seen in New Light by Rapid X-Ray Pulses

November 11, 2019
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Tempe, AZ — The ability to transform sunlight into energy is one of Nature’s more remarkable feats. Scientists understand the basic process of photosynthesis, but many crucial details remain...

Researchers Explore How Carbon-Fixing Organelle Forms Via Phase Separation

September 16, 2019
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Princeton, NJ — Plants, algae and other photosynthetic organisms remove carbon dioxide from the air, incorporating it into starches in a process known as carbon fixation. In green algae, which contribute...

Research Team Throws New Light on Photosynthetic Supercomplex Structure

May 28, 2019
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Tempe, Arizona — A team of scientists from Arizona State University has taken a significant step closer to unlocking the secrets of photosynthesis, by determining the structure of a very large photosynthetic...

How Plant Cells Neutralize Potential for Self-Harm

May 23, 2019
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Palo Alto, CA — Photosynthesis makes our atmosphere oxygen-rich and forms the bedrock of our food supply. But under changing or stressful environmental conditions, the photosynthetic process can become...

Using DNA Templates to Harness the Sun’s Energy

April 25, 2019
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Tempe, Arizona — As the world struggles to meet the increasing demand for energy, coupled with the rising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere from deforestation and the use of fossil fuels, photosynthesis...

Algal Library Lends Insights into Genes for Photosynthesis

March 19, 2019
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Princeton, NJ — It isn’t easy being green. It takes thousands of genes to build the photosynthetic machinery that plants need to harness sunlight for growth. And yet, researchers don’t...

How Bacteria Build Hyper-Efficient Photosynthesis Machines

January 24, 2019
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Guelph, ON — Researchers facing a future with a larger population and more uncertain climate are looking for ways to improve crop yields, and they’re looking to photosynthetic bacteria for engineering...

Scientists Pioneer a New Way to Turn Sunlight into Fuel

September 4, 2018
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Cambridge, UK — The quest to find new ways to harness solar power has taken a step forward after researchers successfully split water into hydrogen and oxygen by altering the photosynthetic machinery...

Novel Approach for Photosynthetic Production of Carbon Neutral Biofuel from Green Algae

May 3, 2018
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Turku, Finland — A research group has discovered an efficient way for transforming solar energy into the chemical energy of biohydrogen through the photosynthesis of green algae that function as cell...

Harvesting Clean Hydrogen Fuel Through Artificial Photosynthesis

May 3, 2018
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Ann Arbor, Michigan — A new, stable artificial photosynthesis device doubles the efficiency of harnessing sunlight to break apart both fresh and salt water, generating hydrogen that can then be used...

Researchers Develop Artificial Photosynthesis Device for Greener Ethylene Production

November 27, 2017
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Singapore – The device could reduce the carbon footprint of ethylene production.

Breakthrough in Energy Research: Reverse Photosynthesis to Produce Chemicals and Reduce Pollution

April 4, 2016
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Copenhagen, Denmark — Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have discovered a natural process they describe as reverse photosynthesis. In the process, the energy in solar rays breaks down, rather...

New Milestone on The Way to Artificial Photosynthesis

August 25, 2015
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Berkeley, CA — Berkeley Lab researchers using a bioinorganic hybrid approach to artificial photosynthesis have combined semiconducting nanowires with select microbes to create a system that produces...

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