Using fossil fuels to produce energy has had a detrimental impact on the planet. Despite pushes for cleaner energy, the power sector is still the top producer of harmful emissions according to the ...

Artificial photosynthesis represents a breakthrough in the field of renewable energy, mimicking the natural photosynthesis process to capture and store solar energy. Recent developments have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the first time, Chinese astronauts have reportedly demonstrated artificial photosynthesis technology in orbit. They have ...

Research led by scientists at Washington State University has revealed insights on how plants form a microscopic landscape of proteins crucial to photosynthesis, the basis of Earth's food and energy ...

Artificial photosynthesis sits at the intersection of solar power and traditional fuels, and that hybrid identity is part of its appeal. Instead of feeding electrons directly into a grid, these ...

Plants constantly juggle oxygen inside their cells, but scientists have now discovered a surprising twist in how that balance works. Researchers at the University of Helsinki found that ...

Researchers have figured out how hornworts, a relative of mosses, condense RuBisCO into specialized compartments ...

Alizée Malnoë ascends a spiral staircase to Myers Hall’s fourth floor “greenhouse,” one lacking windows. Just within stands metal shelving, housing trays of seedlings haloed by grow lights. She ...

Seeking new solutions to more efficiently harvest and store solar energy, scientists from the U.S., China, and Germany have synthesized a new, dual-atom catalyst to serve as a platform for artificial ...

Global economic growth comes with increasing demand for energy, but stepping up energy production can be challenging. Recently, scientists have achieved record efficiency for solar-to-fuel conversion, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—An experiment aimed at learning more about how plants grow in space will be aboard a National Aeronautics and Space Administration launch in early August from the Cape Canaveral ...