On the east coast of Australia, in tropical North Queensland, lies the Daintree rainforest—a place where the density of trees ...

This process, called photosynthesis, is essential to the global carbon cycle and organisms that conduct photosynthesis represent the lowest level in most food chains (Figure 1). Most living things ...

Similarly, we might think of plants using carbon dioxide and sunlight for photosynthesis and producing oxygen and glucose. How can we determine whether carbon dioxide is actually being used or ...

Photosynthesis occurs in chloroplasts found within cells. It is the chloroplasts that contain the green pigment chlorophyll which absorbs light. The plant uses this glucose to grow as well as make ...

Gas from the seafloor has scientists wondering if oxygen could be found in the oceans of other planets.

Photosynthesis is the process by which plants, algae and certain types of bacteria synthesise carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and typically water, using light as an energy source. The process ...

The most vulnerable phase of a plant's life is the short time period that follows germination. During this phase, the newly ...

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Plants in the shade utilize more light for photosynthesis than previously thought. A team of researchers from Utrecht ...

CABBI scientists have developed a lab-to-field pipeline to deliver sorghum that’s high in TAG. The researchers engineered ...

Photosynthesis occurs in chloroplasts found within cells. It is the chloroplasts that contain the green pigment chlorophyll which absorbs light. The plant uses this glucose to grow as well as make ...