Quantum mechanics plays a role in the process of photosynthesis. Engineers have long sought efficient ways to convert solar ...

China has reached a decisive milestone by achieving the first artificial photosynthesis in space aboard the Tiangong station.

The efficient conversion of solar energy into storable forms of chemical energy is the dream of many engineers. Nature found ...

Italy's Phlegraean Fields is a hotspot of volcanic activity—an ever-shifting landscape pocketed with acidic hot springs. This ...

Breathing New Air Chinese astronauts claim to have created rocket fuel on board the country's Tiangong space station using a ...

Photosynthesis -- mainly carried out by plants -- is based on a remarkably efficient energy conversion process. To generate chemical energy, sunlight must first be captured and transported further.

Credit: China Manned Space Agency Chinese astronauts have just created rocket fuel and oxygen in space using a new type of ...

Under the sea ice during the Arctic’s pitch-black polar night, cells power photosynthesis on the lowest light levels ever ...

Researchers at the Bayreuth Center for Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER) at the University of Bayreuth have found ...

Astronauts on China's Tiangong space station successfully produce oxygen and rocket fuel using artificial photosynthesis, ...

The phenomenon of 'dark oxygen,' whereby deep-sea metallic nodules generate oxygen without sunlight, is reshaping our ...

Chinese astronauts claim have successfully developed artificial photosynthesis technology in orbit for the first time. This ...