• Artificial leaf jumps developmental hurdle

    In a recent early online edition of Nature Chemistry, ASU scientists, along with colleagues at Argonne National Laboratory, have reported advances toward perfecting a functional artificial leaf.

    Designing an artificial leaf that uses solar energy to convert

  • Seeing photosynthesis from space

    Scientists have discovered a new way to use satellites to measure what's occurring inside Earth's land plants at a cellular level.

    During photosynthesis, plants emit what is called fluorescence — a form of light invisible to the naked eye but detectable by

  • Understanding the patterns of seafloor biomass

    The vast majority of the biological production in the world's oceans occurs within sunlit surface waters – the so-called photic zone. Through the process of photosynthesis, tiny marine plants called phytoplankton use the energy of sunlight to build the carbon-rich