As heat waves continue one after another, we are feeling their effects on our own bodies: It becomes harder for us to ...

Researchers in the United States, Europe, and Argentina have discovered that some trees stop growing in the heat of summer—a ...

Oak trees keep absorbing carbon dioxide long after their annual growth has ended, revealing that photosynthesis and wood ...

Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have uncovered a mechanism that helps plants continue photosynthesizing under extreme heat and dry air conditions—a finding that could improve ...

Sunlight drives nearly all life on Earth, but much remains a mystery about the light-harvesting molecules on which biology depends in photosynthesis. In a new study published online June 14 in the ...

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 ...

Researchers have caught their best glimpse yet into the origins of photosynthesis, one of nature’s most momentous innovations. By taking near-atomic, high-resolution X-ray images of proteins from ...

In marine environments, sponges tend to eat other organisms to get their nutrients. But a study published in Functional ...

Google's special animated Doodle in India highlighted the photosynthesis process on Nov 14 The Doodle shows how plants convert light, carbon dioxide, and water into sugar and oxygen Clicking the ...

Researchers find that the earliest bacteria had the tools to perform a crucial step in photosynthesis, changing how we think life evolved on Earth. Researchers find that the earliest bacteria had the ...