The natural control of chlorophyll activity has now been discovered by a team of scientists, outlines a new report. DGIST announced that the research team of the fellow Hong-Gil Nam and the research ...

Earth is, by all measures, a giant solar panel. The sun provides us warmth and light of course, but its light also fires the engine that manufactures the basis of life on Earth for everything: food ...

Plants are of fundamental importance for life on Earth. Plants are the main source of oxygen on which life exists. As we know, plants are the living organisms that cover a large area on Earth and ...

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Destarch a variegated plant – partly green and partly white. Make a drawing of the leaf. Place the plant in bright light for several hours. Test the leaf for starch using the 4-step starch test. Make ...

Wellsville High School biology teacher and Alfred University alumnus Ross Munson (right) and senior Lucius Griggs, discuss how solvent will interact with chromatography paper to move chlorophyll.

Quantum physics plays a larger role than scientists had expected in plants’ capture of light. New findings could explain life’s uncannily efficient use of solar energy, researchers say. In organisms ...