Mimicking how plants convert sunlight into energy has long been a dream for scientists aiming to create renewable energy solutions. Artificial photosynthesis is a process that seeks to replicate ...

Trees need sunlight for the same reason you need food. The energy from the Sun’s rays is a crucial ingredient in how plants make their own food that helps them power all their cells. Since trees don’t ...

In the valley of the farm economic cycle, producers search for rays of sunlight to light the way to healthier profit margins. One ray might be hitting the soil beneath their soybean plants, says Ken ...

Artificial photosynthesis may be closer than you think. Scientists at the University of Basel have developed a molecule that can store four charges from light, speeding up the quest for carbon-neutral ...

When sunlight hits clouds or other atmospheric particles, it scatters and becomes diffuse light. Unlike direct sunlight, diffuse light can reach deeper into shaded plant canopies, where plants have ...

In order to genetically engineer acetate-eating plants, the researchers are taking advantage of a metabolic pathway that germinating plants use to break down food stored in their seeds. (Photo by Feng ...

Did you know plants don’t “eat” like we do? Plants don’t grow by getting food through their roots. They are like chefs: they make their food by combining what they find in the air with water from their ...

Unlike us, plants don't need pantries full of food to stay alive; the Sun is their pantry. But, like us, they require fairly regular sustenance, which they create via photosynthesis. This seemingly ...