Scientists study how tiny pigments in leaves use quantum mechanics to transfer energy efficiently for better solar panels.

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

Researchers around the world are working on new technologies to capture carbon from the atmosphere, but many approaches fall short on one key metric: their ability to scale. Nature, however, has ...

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

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

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

Scientists have developed a sunlight-powered reactor that directly captures CO2 from the air and transforms it into ...

Chinese astronauts on the Tiangong space station have successfully produced oxygen and rocket fuel through artificial ...

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...

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

Dotty Holcomb Doherty’s photography exhibit, "Photosynthesis: Portraits of the Wild," will run from Feb. 15 to March 15 at ...