The discovery of a new way that bacteria can absorb infrared light and turn it into energy has transformed scientific understanding of life on Earth and could change the way humans hunt for alien life ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Fossils preserved within ancient rock may prove that photosynthesis started way earlier than we thought.

Balanophora plants represent an extreme example of this shift. They do not produce their own food through photosynthesis but ...

Just like in animals, plant DNA encodes for the proteins a plant will need, and it requires thousands of genes to generate the machinery that carries out photosynthesis. To learn more about the genes ...

A startling discovery puts a new twist on photosynthesis, arguably the most important biological process on Earth. Two studies suggest that certain widespread marine microorganisms have evolved a way ...

Sunlight drives nearly all life on Earth, but much remains a mystery about the light-harvesting molecules on which biology depends in photosynthesis. In a new study published online June 14 in the ...

Scientists have found that a virus can stimulate photosynthesis in bacterial hosts. The work, which was performed at the University of Kaiserslautern and Ruhr University Bochum was reported in the ...

For the first time, researchers have successfully measured in detail the flow of solar energy, in and between different parts of a photosynthetic organism. The result is a first step in research that ...

Rep. Paul Gosar hosted a news conference Wednesday to voice his opposition to the Green New Deal, but says critics misconstrued his message about climate change. Reports after the Washington, D.C., ...