I’m sure we all know that most plants need sunlight to survive. Through photosynthesis, plants use sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into food. Without enough sunlight, plants will struggle ...

Like humans, plants can burn if they receive too much sunlight. This is an Inside Science story. Forget showing your true colors -- plants are green precisely because they don't appreciate the type of ...

Where they live: Plants are found on every continent, even Antarctica, and every ocean. What they eat: Plants use sunlight for photosynthesis, which produces sugars that fuel them. Plants are an ...

Through photosynthesis, plants use sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into energy-rich carbon compounds such as glucose. These compounds not only sustain the plant's own growth and ...

Current methods of capturing and releasing carbon are expensive and so energy-intensive they often require, counterproductively, the use of fossil fuels. Taking inspiration from plants, researchers ...