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Japanese researchers have achieved a breakthrough by inserting energy-generating chloroplasts from algae into hamster cells, allowing these animal cells to photosynthesize. Previously, it was believed ...

A postdoctoral researcher in the department of physics and biology at Princeton University gave a guest lecture about a process that allows algae to generate energy more efficiently Jan. 23. Inside ...

Quick Take Eastern Emerald Elysia rely on the algae Vaucheria litorea to complete its development. The sea slug retains ...

Scientists at Cambridge University have created a prototype computer powered by photosynthetic algae. As spotted first by New Scientist, the researchers created a metal enclosure the size of a AA ...

Researchers at the University of Cambridge discovered a way to leverage photosynthesis to power a low-energy computer chip for nearly six months using only blue-green algae. The team sealed a colony ...

Researchers have discovered evidence of oxygen production in the deep Pacific Ocean, independent of sunlight and living ...

A study on the algae-powered microprocessor titled "Powering a microprocessor by photosynthesis" has been published in the journal Energy & Environmental Science. The widespread Synechocystis species ...

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

Although photosynthesis by algae is a key part of the symbiotic relationship it is not required to initiate symbiosis. The discovery adds to the little-understood relationship between cnidarians and ...