A systematic study of six temperate plant species shows that pulsed LED light with sub-millisecond cycle periods and duty ratios near 50 percent raises photosynthetic rates above continuous light at ...

For photosynthesis, one photon is all it takes. Only a single particle of light is required to spark the first steps of the biological process that converts light into chemical energy, scientists ...

Too much sun can ruin photosynthesis, scorching plants and other organisms that depend on capturing sunlight for energy. Beneath the waves, though, algae have found a clever shield. Osaka Metropolitan ...