Illuminating Photosynthesis. By Rick Groleau; Posted 11.01.01; NOVA; Photosynthesis in plants and a few bacteria is responsible for feeding nearly all life on Earth.

This evolution was punctuated around 30 million years ago with the emergence of a newer, better way to photosynthesize. While plants like rice continued using an old form of photosynthesis known ...

A new study has found links at the atomic level between photosynthesis and exciton condensates -- a strange state of physics that allows energy to flow frictionlessly through a material. The ...

Learn what respiration and photosynthesis are in plants. Find out how plants respire during the day and night in this Bitesize KS3 Biology guide.

Photosynthesis, on the other hand, is radically more efficient; it is capable of storing 60% of the sun’s energy as chemical energy in associated biomolecules. The efficiency of simple photovoltaic ...