Photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes (PPCs) are a vital component of the light-harvesting machinery of all plants and photosynthesizing bacteria, enabling efficient transport of the energy of ...

Too much sun can ruin photosynthesis, scorching plants and other organisms that depend on capturing sunlight for energy.

Plants are of fundamental importance for life on Earth. Plants are the main source of oxygen on which life exists. As we know, plants are the living organisms that cover a large area on Earth and ...

Three billion years ago, light first zipped through chlorophyll within tiny reaction centers, the first step plants and photosynthetic bacteria take to convert light into food. Three billion years ago ...

Chemists have refuted a basic postulate of Förster theory, which describes energy transfers between pigment molecules, such as those that underlie photosynthesis. A revised version of the theory could ...

In evergreen conifers, where the foliage amount changes little with season, accurate detection of the underlying “photosynthetic phenology” from satellite remote sensing has been difficult, presenting ...

Green photosynthetic bacteria have long captivated scientific interest owing to their remarkably efficient light-harvesting systems. At the heart of these systems lie chlorosomes – large, ...

Behind every autumn leaf lies a chemical shift-chlorophyll fading, carotenoids glowing, anthocyanins rising-that turns ...

I was born in Israel, raised in New Jersey, and graduated with a B.A. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at The University of Colorado-Boulder in 2014. In the late fall of 2013, I joined the Tripp ...

Phosphatidylglycerol (PG) is a type of phospholipid, a class of molecules that are crucial components of biological membranes. These membranes are found in cells and organelles, and they serve as ...