Bacteria are among the most diverse and ancient forms of life on Earth. Yet, much of what is known about them comes from a ...

The energy that plants capture from sunlight through photosynthesis provides the source of nearly all of humanity's food. Yet the process of ...

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Discover the real biogenic carbon cycle on New Zealand farms. Learn how pasture, livestock, methane, and photosynthesis ...

Scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have engineered sorghum plants with more upright leaves that produce higher yields while using the same amount of water, according to a news ...

Aerosols can affect photosynthesis through radiative perturbations such as scattering and absorbing solar radiation. This biophysical impact has been widely studied using field measurements, but the ...

Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany Maize seeds were immersed in water for 3 hours and twenty seeds were placed in a 1 L pot ...

The water cycle is the path that water follows while moving around the Earth in different states. There are four primary water cycle steps: evaporation, convection, precipitation, and collection of ...

This is what the stack of four dyes synthesised in Würzburg looks like. It represents a further step towards artificial photosynthesis because it absorbs light energy and transfers it quickly and ...

Emma Knight’s recent coming-of-age bestseller “The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus” has been set up as a TV series at Amazon‘s MGM Television. Based on the book of the same name, the series is ...

The basis of all life on Earth is photosynthesis. So, what happens if it is disrupted? Today, advanced measurement tools can reveal how climate change is affecting plants' ability to process the ...