All living organisms need energy for their survival, and this energy indirectly comes from the sun. Some organisms, such as plants, cyanobacteria, and algae, are capable of directly converting this light energy into chemical ...
Biochemistry
Jan 15, 2020
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Think of a train coming down the tracks to a switch point where it could go either to the right or the left—and it always goes to the right.
Materials Science
Jan 2, 2020
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Many medicines are twisted molecules with two mirror image versions, but the body uses only one. Inspired by photosynthetic bacteria, a team at the University of Michigan built a catalyst that guides chemical reactions toward ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 24, 2019
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Scientists think that green algae are plants water-living ancestors, but we are not sure how the transition to land plants happened.
Biotechnology
Jul 24, 2019
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A team of scientists from Arizona State University has taken a significant step closer to unlocking the secrets of photosynthesis, by determining the structure of a very large photosynthetic supercomplex.
Biotechnology
May 27, 2019
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In coral reef ecosystems, amid stony corals, fronds of algae and schools of fish, microorganisms are essential for recycling nutrients—transforming bits of organic matter into forms of nitrogen and phosphorus, for example, ...
Environment
Apr 12, 2019
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Growing evidence suggests that the unique molecular engines that drive photosynthesis arose only once during Earth's history. All the diverse reaction centers—packets of proteins and pigments—in plants, algae, and certain ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 8, 2019
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People have always been fascinated by life. We dream about revealing all its mysteries and are even searching other planets trying to find some forms of life there. Philosophies around the world have tried to define and understand ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 5, 2018
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Scientists are increasingly interested in the prospect of solving a range of fundamental problems facing our civilisation by designing and reconstructing organisms.
Plants & Animals
Nov 8, 2018
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Out at sea, a scientist holds a plankton sample up to the light and observes the shimmering contents. This sparkling spectacle is caused by thousands of microscopic organisms living at the sea surface, their intricate, crystalline ...
Environment
May 21, 2018
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