It inspired one of her most recent projects, an algae-powered battery that provides a greener alternative to conventional alkaline batteries. The battery seems like straight out of a sci-fi movie: A ...

Whether gardening indoors or outdoors, gardeners are likely to encounter powdery mildew on one or more of their plants. First ...

Hot and dry conditions occurring throughout Wisconsin this summer have put considerable amounts of stress on plants. Grasses, ...

A new study suggests climate models may be overestimating how much carbon forests will absorb in a warming world, raising the possibility that global temperatures could rise even more than current ...

Scientists successfully engineered lettuce to produce a key muscle protein that could one day become a food ingredient, ...

A new joint study from Constructor University and Princeton University in the Journal of the American Chemical Society focuses on PC645, a protein complex that contributes to cryptophyte algae's ...

In this video I show you a really neat experiment that lets you actually see photosynthesis happening in front of your eyes. I use spinach leaf disks soaked in baking soda that have had the air sucked ...

Observe how plants convert light into energy in real time—this experiment captures gas exchange, color change, and growth as photosynthesis unfolds before your eyes. Karoline Leavitt is out of the ...

Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades The pollution of the planet by microplastics is significantly cutting food supplies by ...

Photosynthesis can take place in nature even at extremely low light levels. This is the result of a study that investigated the development of Arctic microalgae at the end of the polar night. The ...