The sun is the ultimate source of energy for virtually all organisms. Photosynthetic cells are able to use solar energy to synthesize energy-rich food molecules and to produce oxygen.

Scientists at The University of Tokyo have integrated chloroplasts, the energy-producing organelles found in plants and algae ...

Too much of a good thing is no good at all. Living organisms enjoy sunlight—in fact, they need it to stay alive—but they tend ...

Too much of a good thing is no good at all. Living organisms enjoy sunlight – in fact, they need it to stay alive – but they ...

Its response not only provides additional information on this microscopic single-celled creature that occasionally causes the ...

Eukaryotic cells are more complex than prokaryotic ones because of specialized organelles. Learn how ancient collaborations between cells gave eukaryotes an important energy boost. Plant Cells ...

A billion years ago or so, it happened again with the chloroplast, and that gave us plants." According to the study published ...