In Japan, researchers have conducted an experiment as bizarre as it is fascinating, creating hybrid cells that are part ...

One of the most momentous events in the history of life involved endosymbiosis—a process by which one organism engulfed ...

“As far as we know, this is the first reported detection of photosynthetic electron transport in chloroplasts implanted in animal cells,” Sachihiro Matsunaga, professor at the University of ...

Scientists from the University of Tokyo have successfully engineered animal cells capable of photosynthesis. The team used chloroplasts from schyzon, a species that thrives in volcanic hot springs ...

Many experts believed it couldn't be done, but researchers in Japan have successfully introduced chloroplasts into hamster ...

Photosynthesis, the process by which plants, algae and certain kinds of bacteria convert solar radiation into chemical energy ...

A Japanese team has developed a technique to insert chloroplasts isolated from algae into animal cells, a feat that could revolutionize sustainable energy and how artificial meat and organs are ...

Scientists found molecular evidence supporting the idea that chloroplasts originated as energy-generating organelles and only ...

Researchers say they have successfully cultivated animal cells that draw energy through photosynthesis. Previously believed impossible, experts accomplished the first-of-its-kind feat thanks to ...

The BOOSTER gene in poplar trees boosts photosynthesis and biomass, with potential applications for improving crop yields. Researchers from the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation ...