For life on Earth, it is essential that plants carry out photosynthesis and ultimately produce oxygen and chemical energy with the help of sunlight. Researchers from Göttingen and Hannover have now ...

A recent study by Chinese scientists has revealed the intricate molecular machinery driving energy exchange within chloroplasts, shedding light on a key event in the evolution of plant life. Led by ...

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 ...

Takashi Hirashima is in the Faculty of Life Sciences and at the Institute for Protein Dynamics, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan. Toshiya Endo is in the Faculty of Life Sciences and at ...

Cucumber peel color can decide whether a fruit looks fresh, desirable, and worth buying. In many markets, especially in northern China, darker green cucumbers are preferred over paler ones. That makes ...