A new analysis by MIT researchers could make it possible to design more efficient artificial systems that mimic the way plants harvest the energy of sunlight through photosynthesis.

Chemistry - Materials Science

Nov 05, 2010 4.5 / 5 (6) 2 |

Scientists today presented a design strategy to produce the long-sought artificial leaf, which could harness Mother Nature's ability to produce energy from sunlight and water in the process called photosynthesis. ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Mar 25, 2010 4.9 / 5 (15) 4 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists has determined the structure of the chlorophyll molecules in green bacteria that are responsible for harvesting light energy. The team's results one day ...

Biology - Biotechnology

May 04, 2009 5 / 5 (5) 0

The design of efficient systems for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, driven by sunlight is among the most important challenges facing science today, underpinning the long term potential of hydrogen as a clean, sustainable ...

Chemistry - Other

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