From house plants and gardens to fields and forests, green is the color we most associate with surface life on Earth, where conditions favored the evolution of organisms that perform oxygen-producing photosynthesis using ...
Astrobiology
Apr 16, 2024
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When photosynthetic cells absorb light from the sun, packets of energy called photons leap between a series of light-harvesting proteins until they reach the photosynthetic reaction center. There, cells convert the energy ...
Biochemistry
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Billions of years ago, Earth was a different place. Intense volcanism, meteorite impacts, and toxic gases like methane made it hostile to modern life. Most notably, it lacked the oxygen-rich environment that makes our planet ...
Ecology
Jun 26, 2023
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Purple is a color that has historically been associated with nobility around the world. Japan is no exception. However, its distinct murasaki hue is threatened as the native gromwell plant—synonymous with murasaki—has ...
Plants & Animals
May 18, 2023
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The red, purple and blue pigments in fruits, vegetables and tubers called anthocyanins can reduce the risk of diabetes by affecting energy metabolism, gut microbiota, and inflammation. A new review article comparing the research ...
Biochemistry
Feb 15, 2023
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In a study published in Nature Communications, scientists from Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Liverpool, Riken Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, and University of Tokyo, provide ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 15, 2022
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The 200 miles of ocean along California's coastline was once filled with seaweed called bull kelp. The seaweed created rich, underwater forests until the population began to die out in 2014. In the seven years since then, ...
Ecology
Apr 6, 2022
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Sunlight, one of the planet's most abundant sources of renewable energy, could be used to power lasers, according to a study from Heriot-Watt University.
General Physics
Jan 25, 2022
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Scientists from the University of Liverpool have uncovered the atomic structure of a special photosynthetic supercomplex to determine how it forms and performs efficient electron transfer.
Plants & Animals
Jun 22, 2021
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A Tunisian man has pieced together bits of a local secret linked to ancient emperors: how to make a prized purple dye using the guts of a sea snail.
Archaeology
Jul 26, 2020
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