From chloroplasts to carbon dioxide, Reactions creates a hypothetical photosynthetic human and gives a quick crash course on the chemistry of photosynthesis

This discovery may enable scientists to engineer crop plants that more efficiently harness the energy of the Sun

Newly-discovered strategy allows bacterium to survive exposure to oxygen, when light could otherwise harm it

The group will explore the fundamental ways plants produce and store energy, how to potentially optimize those metabolic processes, and then compile the vast amounts of information collected

Findings could help inform the design and engineering of new nanotechnologies to improve crop yields and biomass production

Klaus Schulten, of the Beckman Institute's Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, has created a 100-million-atom chromatophore simulation to provide an unprecedented look into how bacteria harvest light for food.