Jun
24
Quantum Mechanics Observed in Photosynthesis
June 24, 2013 | 2 Comments
To date various research groups around the world have shown that a quantum mechanic phenomenon is connected to a highly efficient energy transport. The photosynthetic organisms, such as plants and some bacteria, have mastered this process. In less than a couple of trillionths of a second 95 percent of the sunlight energy they absorb is […]
May
13
Solar Electricity by Plant Photosynthesis
May 13, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Ramaraja Ramasamy, assistant professor in the University of Georgia (UGA) College of Engineering said, “We have developed a way to interrupt photosynthesis so that we can capture the electrons before the plant uses them to make sugars.” Ramasamy is also a member of UGA’s Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center. The sun is the largest source […]
Jan
7
Connecting Photosynthesis to Electricity
January 7, 2013 | 2 Comments
A team at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich has now found the particular enzyme that is involved in regulating electron transport during photosynthesis. Researchers have been trying to identify the missing link, which turns out to be a protein they call PGRL1, for almost 30 years. LMU biologist Professor Dario Leister together with other members of […]
Nov
23
The Algae That Eats Other Plants
November 23, 2012 | 1 Comment
A research team at Bielefeld University has made a groundbreaking discovery that one plant, the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, not only engages in photosynthesis, but also has an alternative source of energy: it can draw it out from other plants. Plants need water and light to grow using sunlight energy to produce their biomass from […]
Jun
20
Algae Get a Better Diet
June 20, 2012 | 1 Comment
Till now the understanding of the regulatory mechanisms controlling oil biosynthesis and storage in micro algae and details of the oil biochemistry was rather limited. Brookhaven National Laboratory scientists are now showing corrections for two long-held misconceptions about oil production in algae by proving that ramping up the microbes’ overall metabolism by feeding them more […]
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