Orange is the new 'block': Structure reveals key features that help block excess light absorption during photosynthesis
Photosynthetic organisms tap light for fuel, but sometimes there's too much of a good thing.
Photosynthetic organisms tap light for fuel, but sometimes there's too much of a good thing.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 6, 2021
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Males with low sperm quality probably won't get much help from dining down on fish oil supplements and a bag of carrots, recent aquatic-based research suggests.
Plants & Animals
Jun 25, 2015
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They help fish swim, but fins also advertise a fish's social standing and health. In a new study, researchers report that for the male bluefin killifish (Lucania goodei), each colorful fin presents its own messages to other ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 20, 2014
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Starlings have an image problem in Australia. These drab invaders are best known as pests of orchards and shopping centres. If you take a trip to see their African relatives though, you'll find starlings are some of the most ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 1, 2013
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Birds get their bright red, orange and yellow plumage from carotenoid pigments—responsible for many of the same bright colours in plants. But how songbirds turn carotenoids into the spectacular variety of feathered patches ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 8, 2017
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A new collaborative study led by researchers from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) at the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) in Barcelona and the Institute for Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 17, 2020
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Green plants capture light that spans the visible solar spectrum, and while a broad spectral range is required for sufficient absorption, the process requires energy to be funneled rapidly and efficiently downhill to drive ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 7, 2019
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The flavor of a tomato is an interaction between its taste and aroma. Now, researchers from Japan and the United States have revealed that the pigments that determine the colors of tomatoes also affect their flavor.
Biotechnology
Jul 2, 2021
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"Microgreens" is a marketing term used to describe edible greens which germinate from the seeds of vegetables and herbs and are harvested without roots at the seedling stage. The plants at the seedling stage have two fully ...
Other
Jan 24, 2014
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For many people, algae are just an odorous nuisance on their vacation beach or unwelcome guests in the garden pond and aquarium. This does not take into account, however, the enormous effects these mostly microscopic aquatic ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 15, 2020
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