Direct interspecies electron transfer has been shown in methane-producing communities, but it is unknown how widespread this mechanism is. Here, Haet al. show that anoxygenic photosynthesis can be ...

Photosynthesis is the process plants, algae and some bacteria use to turn sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen.

Researchers at Rice University have made a meaningful advance in the simulation of molecular electron transfer—a fundamental process underpinning countless physical, chemical and biological ...

Scientists have solved a critical part of the mystery of photosynthesis, focusing on the initial, ultrafast events through which photosynthetic proteins capture light and use it to initiate a ...

Researchers have made a meaningful advance in the simulation of molecular electron transfer -- a fundamental process underpinning countless physical, chemical and biological processes. The study ...

Electron transport pathways operating during oxygenic photosynthesis and their role in ATP generation. Credit: The Plant Cell (2024). DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koae143 ...

We are studying biological electron transfer complexes at the single-molecule level to understand the trade-off between specificity and turnover Small diffusible redox proteins play a ubiquitous role ...

Photosynthesis is one of nature’s most efficient chemical processes, converting sunlight into energy with remarkable precision. Plants use this process to create sugar molecules and oxygen from water ...

Congratulations to Philip Ball, whose article "Is photosynthesis quantum-ish?" has been picked as one of Physics World's five favourite features of 2018. This article first appeared in the April 2018 ...

Researchers have serendipitously discovered that a key step in photosynthesis can occur much earlier in the process than previously believed.

It also excites electrons from absorbed photons to provide additional electrons for the photosynthetic electron transport chain, thus improving the photosynthesis efficiency.