“Our study provides a new strategy for engineering biomimetic nanoreactors that increasingly replicate the sophisticated ...

Algae are increasingly being explored as sustainable "living factories" that can convert sunlight and carbon dioxide into ...

Ancient single-celled red algae that thrive in scalding, acidic waters are emerging as far more than specialized survivors.

New research finds that much of the carbon trees absorb leaks back into the air, which could throw off the climate ...

It struck the seas off the coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula with the force of billions of atomic bombs, carving out the 112-mile-wide Chicxulub crater. The asteroid vaporized almost instantly.

What University of Chicago scientists call an artificial leaf​ that mimics photosynthesis could be useful for wireless medical implants and other technologies.

He received a 1992 Nobel Prize for developing a theory that explained fundamental processes behind photosynthesis, ...

During the Covid-19 pandemic, wastewater testing became a virus warning system. Now, scientists are using the approach to ...

LMU researchers demonstrate that oxygenic photosynthesis can occur with only a single photosystem, overturning a fundamental ...

Evapotranspiration, also known as "corn sweat," is the process by which corn and other varieties of plants release moisture into the atmosphere.

Scientists say new technologies have reopened the debate over whether Mars could someday be terraformed, turning a once impossible idea into a serious research topic. Before anyone tries to reshape ...

An intricate web of tiny fungal threads stretches underground, connecting plants around the world. These microorganisms are ...