For Decades, tree planting projects surrounding China’s Taklamakan desert have altered the carbon cycle in what is considered one of earth’s most arid regions; a recent scientific investigation ...

When it comes to diatoms that live in the ocean, new research suggests that photosynthesis is not the only strategy for accumulating carbon. Instead, these single-celled plankton are also building ...

ESA’s Vega-C has launched the FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellites into orbit. FLEX will detect the faint fluorescence emitted by plants during photosynthesis, helping scientists study ...

For decades, the basics of plant growth have been taught in grade school: Plants make their food out of water from the soil, light from the sun and carbon dioxide from the air in a process called ...

A research team recently developed a stable artificial photocatalytic system that is more efficient than natural photosynthesis. The new system mimics a natural chloroplast to convert carbon dioxide ...

September 2026The European Space Agency's FLEX mission marks the beginning of a new era of plant research from space. The ...

Unlike us, plants don't need pantries full of food to stay alive; the Sun is their pantry. But, like us, they require fairly regular sustenance, which they create via photosynthesis. This seemingly ...

The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) has developed methods for the Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) photosynthesis mission of the European Space Agency ...