Scientists think they've found a way to harvest more electricity from plants, a finding that could ripple out to other renewable energy technologies. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A weird-looking parasitic plant has discarded all its photosynthesis machinery – and nevertheless has found a way to thrive. A new ...

Over billions of years, plants mastered the art of photosynthesis, but some took it a step further. While most crops like rice still rely on the older, less efficient C3 process, others like corn and ...

CAM photosynthesis: This metabolic pathway allows plants to photosynthesize while the sun is shining, but keep their stomata closed until night falls and temperatures are cooler. In normal ...

C4 photosynthesis represents a striking example of convergent evolution, where multiple plant lineages have independently modified an ancestral C3 pathway to enhance carbon fixation efficiency. This ...

Corinne Campbell & Daniel Urban teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about how plants breathe. Plants breathe and ...

Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford Photosynthesis is the starting point for almost every food chain, sustaining most life on Earth. You would ...

A ladybug sits on a stalk of Oryza sativa variety of rice. In a greenhouse in Illinois, scientists are trying to boost crop yields by improving photosynthesis. Credit: RIPE Project “Do you like to eat ...

As the scorching summer sun takes center stage, it’s not just us that feel the heat. Our leafy friends also need some extra TLC during these sweltering months. High temperatures, intense sunlight and ...