New research from Professor Anna Slater and colleagues at the University of Liverpool demonstrates how continuous flow ...

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have created a light-activated, ligand-based metal catalyst that converts carbon dioxide into formate with high ...

Analysis: Here’s why you should consider wide-swath cutting and why it is better for your cows’ milk production.

For most of their lives, plants get their energy from photosynthesis. But during the seed to seedling stage, when they can't ...

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the sheer volume of advice out there about cultivating indoor plants, you’re not alone.

Ancient lycophytes may have survived extreme heat during Earth’s worst extinction using a rare photosynthesis method.

In “Why Do We Exist?” Hakeem Oluseyi explores how life may emerge to move energy through matter—and why Earth is the perfect ...

Earth responded to its most severe past warming event by evolving a new and bizarre type of photosynthesis that allowed a ...

A hybrid photocatalyst system from Science Tokyo tackles an overlooked flaw in artificial photosynthesis to dramatically improve CO 2-to-formate conversion. Unlike conventional designs where light ...

Did you know plants don’t “eat” like we do? Plants don’t grow by getting food through their roots. They are like chefs: they make their food by combining what they find in the air with water from their ...

Before I retired, I taught science to fourth graders in Midland’s gifted and talented program. As a scientist myself, I wanted my students to love science as I knew it: asking and answering questions ...

As Earth’s population grows, we will need more food. According to one estimate, we may need to nearly double our crop yields in the next century to keep up. At the same time, climate change and wild ...