Posts Tagged ‘photosynthesis’

To retain water, succulents pump up leaves

BROWN (US) — To hang on to water in arid conditions, succulent plants have remodeled the vein structure of their leaves and gone 3D. Continue…

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Science & Technology - Jan 28, 2013 11:44 - 2 Comments

Grow better crops with ‘Scarecrow’ gene

CORNELL (US) — A recently discovered gene could lead to new varieties of staple crops that have 50 percent higher yields. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Jan 9, 2013 13:03 - 1 Comment

Algae pump out raw material for chemists

UC DAVIS (US) — In a step toward replacing fossils fuels in the chemical industry, scientists have engineered blue-green algae to grow chemical precursors for fuels and plastics. (more…)

Science & Technology - Nov 29, 2012 11:12 - 2 Comments

For sugar, tiny thieves kept algae captive

U. MELBOURNE (AUS) — Microscopic animals held algae hostage and stole their genes for energy production, thereby evolving into a new and more powerful species many millions of years ago. (more…)

Science & Technology - Sep 5, 2012 9:46 - 2 Comments

‘Biohybrid’ solar cell runs on spinach power

VANDERBILT (US) — Scientists have combined spinach’s photosynthetic protein, which converts light into electrochemical energy, with silicon in a new “biohybrid” solar cell. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Aug 20, 2012 11:31 - 1 Comment

To save coral, start with the water

U. SOUTHAMPTON (UK) — Improving the quality of ocean water may help protect coral reefs from bleaching—identified as the most severe threat to their survival on a global scale. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Jun 12, 2012 8:40 - 0 Comments

Wisps of gas may fuel ‘extremophile’ bugs

U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — Researchers have discovered some hardy microbes that are eking out a living on volcanoes in South America, a Martian-like landscape that is one of the most inhospitable places on Earth. (more…)

Science & Technology - Feb 2, 2012 16:01 - 1 Comment

Plant enzyme works day and night shifts

MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Researchers have discovered a plant enzyme that switches from storing energy during the day to transporting energy in the roots at night. (more…)

Science & Technology - Nov 8, 2011 12:28 - 0 Comments

Proteins turn plants into well-oiled machines

MICHIGAN STATE (US) — The discovery of a new class of proteins may lead to improvements in crops through breeding or genetic manipulation, new research shows. (more…)

Science & Technology - Sep 28, 2011 10:33 - 0 Comments

All-natural nanosponge captures CO2

NORTHWESTERN (US) — Nanostructures made of sugar, salt, and alcohol are able to effectively detect, capture, and store carbon dioxide—and are themselves carbon-neutral. (more…)

Science & Technology - May 20, 2011 15:35 - 0 Comments

Hijack photosynthesis to make hydrogen

U. CHICAGO (US) — Researchers were able to produced hydrogen at a rate five times greater than the previous record-setting method by linking platinum nanoparticles with algae proteins. (more…)

Earth & Environment - May 16, 2011 9:07 - 0 Comments

Solar cells top Mother Nature

MICHIGAN STATE (US) — In a head-to-head battle of harvesting the sun’s energy, solar cells beat plants. (more…)

Science & Technology - Apr 25, 2011 13:58 - 1 Comment

Protein helps seeds get up and grow

BROWN (US) — An intricate network of proteins that regulates plant growth and development is key to how seedlings are able to push past the surface of the soil. (more…)

Fossils show early love of sun and sex

U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Fossils found on remote lochs on the west coast of Scotland are illuminating the key moment in evolutionary time when life made the leap to land. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Feb 25, 2011 16:15 - 1 Comment

Is future of fuel in photosynthesis?

PENN STATE (US) — Inexpensive hydrogen for automotive or jet fuel may be possible by mimicking photosynthesis, but the process needs to overcome several hurdles first. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Aug 17, 2010 9:45 - 0 Comments

Humans flip Texas river’s native carbon cycle

RICE (US)—Damming and other human activity has completely obscured the natural carbon dioxide cycle in Texas’ longest river, the Brazos. (more…)

Science & Technology - Jun 22, 2010 13:07 - 1 Comment

Effort in Philippines to grow robust rice

U. SHEFFIELD (UK)—An effort to use modern molecular tools to produce a more efficient and higher-yielding form of rice to ease the threat of hunger for the poor is under way in the Philippines. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Jun 17, 2010 15:58 - 0 Comments

Flower power lets the globe chill out

U. CHICAGO (US)—The world is a cooler, wetter place because of flowering plants, according to new climate simulations. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Apr 28, 2010 12:15 - 0 Comments

‘Black box’ of plankton fix oceans’ carbon

U. WARWICK (UK)—Almost half of the ocean’s carbon fixation is done by eukaryotic phytoplankton, despite the fact that their presence is significantly less than the more abundant blue-green algae known as cyanobacteria. (more…)

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