Showing posts with label photosynthesis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photosynthesis. Show all posts
Monday, April 16, 2012

Artificial Photosynthesis Breakthrough

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Grass. Scientists have imitated natural photosynthesis and created a record-fast molecular catalyzer. (Credit: © Nejron Photo / Fotolia) Art...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Supercrops: Fixing The Flaws In Photosynthesis

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To shade out rivals, plants make much more chlorophyll than they need (Image: Jonnie Miles/Getty) From New Scientist: Many vital crops captu...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010

GM Viruses Offer Hope Of Future Where Energy Is Unlimited

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Photosynthesis is probably the most critical chemical process on earth. It mostly takes place in tiny structures called chloroplasts found i...
Saturday, February 20, 2010

Scientists Unlock Mystery In Important Photosynthesis Step

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This is Kevin Redding in his lab at Arizona State University. Together with coworkers from the Max Plank Institute, he has taken a significa...
Friday, February 19, 2010

Photosynthesis: A New Source of Electrical Energy? Biofuel Cell Works in Cactus

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Photo: Biofuel cell inserted in a cactus and graph showing the course of electrical current as a function of illumination of the cactus (bla...
Thursday, February 4, 2010

Quantum Mechanics At Work In Photosynthesis: Algae Familiar With These Processes For Nearly Two Billion Years

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Phytoplankton. (Credit: NOAA MESA Project) From Science Daily: Science Daily (Feb. 4, 2010) — A team of University of Toronto chemists have ...
Monday, January 11, 2010

Artificial Leaf Could Make Green Hydrogen

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Harnessing plant power (Image: Pasieka/SPL) From New Scientist: HIDDEN detail in the natural world could hold the key to future sources of c...
Sunday, August 30, 2009

Photosynthetic Viruses Keep World's Oxygen Levels Up

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From New Scientist: NEXT time you take in a lungful of oxygen, consider this: it was made possible in part by ocean viruses. The viruses, wh...
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Monday, May 25, 2009

Surprising Twist To Photosynthesis: Scientists Swap Key Metal Necessary For Turning Sunlight Into Chemical Energy

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The reactions that convert light to chemical energy happen in a millionth of a millionth of a second, which makes experimental observation e...
Thursday, March 12, 2009

Artificial Photosynthesis: Turning Sunlight Into Liquid Fuels Moves A Step Closer

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Under the fuel through artificial photosynthesis scenario, nanotubes embedded within a membrane would act like green leaves, using incident ...