Tiny photosynthetic microbes could be secretly thriving on Mars — hiding inside small bubbles of liquid water in the thin ...

In an incredible feat that redefines biological boundaries, scientists have successfully engineered animal cells capable of ...

The ability of plants to convert sunlight into food is an enviable superpower. Now, researchers have shown they can get ...

Cells get nutrients from their environment, but where do those nutrients come from? Virtually all organic material on Earth has been produced by cells that convert energy from the Sun into energy ...

There is a pressing need for environmentally friendly meat production technologies to tackle the increasing global food ...

Japanese researchers have achieved a breakthrough by inserting energy-generating chloroplasts from algae into hamster ...

Humans can do plenty, but plants have an ability we don't: they make energy straight from sunlight, a superpower called ...

"Dusting your plants means they’ll have more photosynthetic activity and more fuel to grow." Wondering how much dust is too ...

A study at Osaka Metropolitan University has unveiled the 3D structure of an artificial light-harvesting complex II.

Scientists in Japan have created hybrid plant-animal cells, essentially making animal cells that can gain energy from ...

Energy-making chloroplasts from algae have been inserted into hamster cells, enabling the cells to photosynthesize light, according to new research in Japan. It was previously thought that combining ...