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Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis: the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis in plants generally involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generates oxygen as a byproduct.
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JUN 11, 2017Microbiology
Cyanobacteria are everywhere in our environment, and researchers have now learned more about them, and a special microma ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 13, 2017Microbiology
Kleptoplasty. It sounds cool. It is cool. Acquired phototrophy is a process where organisms - usually aquatic protists o ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAY 10, 2017Microbiology
Have you ever seen the TV show The Odd Couple? The sitcom from the 1970s (and its 2015 reboot) follows the ups and downs ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAY 07, 2017Technology
Germany has built what they are calling “the world’s largest artificial Sun,” which takes 149 powerful ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 12, 2017Videos
Prochlorococcus is a type of a cyanobacterium, a microbe that meets its energy needs through photosynthesis. It is estim ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 12, 2017Plants & Animals
All plants have passageway networks inside of them where water and nutrients travel from one part of the planet to anoth ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 26, 2017Microbiology
Scientists have found that a virus can stimulate photosynthesis in bacterial hosts. The work, which was performed at the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 29, 2017Microbiology
After four years, research collaboration has revealed details about the evolution of dinoflagellates, along with new det ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 06, 2017Chemistry & Physics
The ability to efficiently and cleanly break common chemical bonds is of great interest to pharmaceutical and industrial ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJAN 05, 2017Videos
We are all multi-cellular beings. Mammals, amphibians and reptiles all are made up of complicated combinations of smalle ...Written By: Jennifer EllisNOV 27, 2016Videos
Plants use sunlight in photosynthesis, but they also have a sort of sunscreen, a shield to protect themselves from sun o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 30, 2016Microbiology
Chemosynthetic symbionts are microbes that reside on the surface or inside of animals; they have to be able to function ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 12, 2016Videos
The evolution of the single-celled organism, cyanobacteria, almost wiped out life on earth. Cyanobacteria were the prima ...Written By: Jennifer EllisOCT 04, 2016Videos
As summer ends and autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter. This is how the trees "know" to begin getting ready f ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 09, 2016Chemistry & Physics
This week, the Daldykan River in northern Russia ran red. Social media posts called it the “River of Blood” ...Written By: Jennifer EllisSEP 02, 2016Earth & The Environment
Last month, a team of scientists from the University of Illinois at Chicago announced in the journal Science that they h ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 23, 2016Microbiology
Diatoms have always been one of my favorite protists. There’s something so strange, almost alien, about them. Diat ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 21, 2016Plants & Animals
Flowers like sunlight. With it, they are able to carry out photosynthesis, and it’s a necessary part of many plant ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 26, 2016Microbiology
Researchers have known for a long time (we’re talking 150 years) that lichens exist as part of a symbiotic relatio ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 23, 2016Microbiology
Scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego have created the Benthi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2016Earth & The Environment
For the first time, researchers have successfully measured in detail the flow of solar energy, in and between different ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 19, 2016Videos
Yes, you can get vitamin D from a lot of different kinds of foods, such as your morning cereal. But, nothing compares to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 14, 2016Microbiology
Cyanobacteria have the unique ability to move towards light, a process called phototaxis. According to microbiologists I ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 22, 2016Microbiology
A new species of photosynthetic bacteria was found in the Gobi Desert, and it may prove quite useful for making biofuel. ...Written By: Kerry Evans
JUN 11, 2017
Microbiology
Cyanobacteria are everywhere in our environment, and researchers have now learned more about them, and a special microma
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2017
Microbiology
Kleptoplasty. It sounds cool. It is cool. Acquired phototrophy is a process where organisms - usually aquatic protists o
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAY 10, 2017
Microbiology
Have you ever seen the TV show The Odd Couple? The sitcom from the 1970s (and its 2015 reboot) follows the ups and downs
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAY 07, 2017
Technology
Germany has built what they are calling “the world’s largest artificial Sun,” which takes 149 powerful
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 12, 2017
Videos
Prochlorococcus is a type of a cyanobacterium, a microbe that meets its energy needs through photosynthesis. It is estim
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 12, 2017
Plants & Animals
All plants have passageway networks inside of them where water and nutrients travel from one part of the planet to anoth
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 26, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists have found that a virus can stimulate photosynthesis in bacterial hosts. The work, which was performed at the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 29, 2017
Microbiology
After four years, research collaboration has revealed details about the evolution of dinoflagellates, along with new det
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 06, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
The ability to efficiently and cleanly break common chemical bonds is of great interest to pharmaceutical and industrial
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 05, 2017
Videos
We are all multi-cellular beings. Mammals, amphibians and reptiles all are made up of complicated combinations of smalle
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
NOV 27, 2016
Videos
Plants use sunlight in photosynthesis, but they also have a sort of sunscreen, a shield to protect themselves from sun o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 30, 2016
Microbiology
Chemosynthetic symbionts are microbes that reside on the surface or inside of animals; they have to be able to function
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 12, 2016
Videos
The evolution of the single-celled organism, cyanobacteria, almost wiped out life on earth. Cyanobacteria were the prima
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
OCT 04, 2016
Videos
As summer ends and autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter. This is how the trees "know" to begin getting ready f
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 09, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
This week, the Daldykan River in northern Russia ran red. Social media posts called it the “River of Blood”
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 02, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Last month, a team of scientists from the University of Illinois at Chicago announced in the journal Science that they h
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 23, 2016
Microbiology
Diatoms have always been one of my favorite protists. There’s something so strange, almost alien, about them. Diat
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 21, 2016
Plants & Animals
Flowers like sunlight. With it, they are able to carry out photosynthesis, and it’s a necessary part of many plant
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 26, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers have known for a long time (we’re talking 150 years) that lichens exist as part of a symbiotic relatio
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 23, 2016
Microbiology
Scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego have created the Benthi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2016
Earth & The Environment
For the first time, researchers have successfully measured in detail the flow of solar energy, in and between different
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 19, 2016
Videos
Yes, you can get vitamin D from a lot of different kinds of foods, such as your morning cereal. But, nothing compares to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 14, 2016
Microbiology
Cyanobacteria have the unique ability to move towards light, a process called phototaxis. According to microbiologists I
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 22, 2016
Microbiology
A new species of photosynthetic bacteria was found in the Gobi Desert, and it may prove quite useful for making biofuel.
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans