The quest to transform biology into a tool for sustainable production is making strides in the field of metabolic engineering ...

Scientists at The University of Tokyo have integrated chloroplasts, the energy-producing organelles found in plants and algae ...

Photosynthesis efficiently captures and converts sunlight into something usable — so why not steal a trick from nature for ...

Cyanobacteria, an ancient lineage of bacteria that perform photosynthesis, have been found to regulate their genes using the ...

Plants need light to grow, but too much light can induce damage to the photosynthetic complex known as photosystem II. It is ...

Leaf miners can reduce a lemon tree's productivity and cause cosmetic damage. They key to preventing their infestations lies ...

A photosynthetic C1 pathway starting with CO2 and NH3 assimilation and ending with methionine synthesis is highly active in foliage of a C3 tree, where it rapidly integrates photosynthesis and C1 ...

One of the biggest scientific mysteries is where life on Earth started. Research has often focused on the role of deep-sea ...

Nov. 26, 2024 — Scientists have shed new light on how certain biological processes determine the development of neural cells. Their findings on a molecular 'bridge' complex demonstrate a new ...

A precancerous cell is a cell with certain abnormalities that makes it more likely to become cancerous. These abnormalities don't mean that it will become cancer—in fact, most don't—but the diagnosis ...

Nov. 27, 2024 — The food additive carrageenan (E 407) can be responsible for the development of chronic inflammatory bowel disease, ulcers, and increased blood sugar levels in animals ...