Before we get carried away with what plants can actually do to purify air, most modern science suggests you'd need hundreds of plants to make a significant difference in air quality. But tech startup ...

When the balance in reflectivity shifts, “the whole circulation of the climate will shift in order to transport energy from ...

Too much sun can ruin photosynthesis, scorching plants and other organisms that depend on capturing sunlight for energy.

Lignin is one of the most abundant aromatic polymers on Earth and has long been recognized as a promising biomass resource.

Scientists have discovered a "perfect disordered hyperuniform" pattern in how plants arrange themselves across many dry ...

Under the sea, green algae have evolved a clever way to handle too much sunlight. Scientists found that a special pigment ...

In the marine green alga Codium fragile, unusual carotenoids rapidly dissipate harmful chlorophyll triplet states, protecting ...

Scientists have created the first real-time 3D simulations of how lasers alter the quantum vacuum. Using cutting-edge computational modeling, scientists from the University of Oxford, in collaboration ...

An exclusive New Scientist survey of leading scientists reveals widespread concern that schemes to tweak Earth’s atmosphere ...

Evidence have shown that plants have evolved flexible strategies to cope with their sessile lifestyle and enhance their chances of survival and ...

Happiness isn’t just a feeling, it can be influenced by where we are. Science shows that certain environments can elevate ...