Chlorophyll is the green pigment found in plants that absorbs the light used to power photosynthesis, explains Barry Logan, Bowdoin’s Samuel S. Butcher Professor in the Natural Sciences. “Curiously, ...

Cyanobacteria have evolved a remarkable capacity to harness far-red light through the incorporation of chlorophyll d, a pigment that extends the range of wavelengths available for photosynthesis. This ...

In the brown-colored diatoms, fucoxanthin absorbs green light and transfers the energy to photosynthetic chlorophylls that emit part of this energy as red fluorescent light (right). Cells of the green ...

A lot of people enjoy baking projects on the weekends. But Becky Thompson, who heads up education and public engagement at Fermilab, took things one step further by making a glowing cake that doubled ...

Researchers have conducted the first global analysis of the health and productivity of ocean plants, as revealed by a unique signal detected by a NASA satellite. Ocean scientists can now remotely ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists report that it is possible to detect and predict heat damage in crops by measuring the fluorescent light signature of plant leaves experiencing heat stress. If collected ...

In plants, chlorophyll is actively synthesized from glutamate in the developmental phase and is degraded into non-fluorescent chlorophyll catabolites during senescence. The chlorophyll metabolism must ...

Scientists report that it is possible to detect and predict heat damage in crops by measuring the fluorescent light signature of plant leaves experiencing heat stress. If collected via satellite, this ...