Cucumber peel color can decide whether a fruit looks fresh, desirable, and worth buying. In many markets, especially in ...

P. calceolata has a highly tuned strategy for living where both light and iron are scarce—and because it’s so abundant, ...

Because wellness influencers LOVE the stuff.

Scientists have uncovered how marine algae protect themselves from too much sunlight while still capturing the energy they need to survive. The findings could help guide the design of more resilient ...

Chlorophyll is the green pigment found in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. It is essential for photosynthesis, the process by which light energy is converted into chemical energy to sustain life on ...

Abstract: Monthly sea surface temperature (SST) and chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) concentration during 1997–2018 in the Northern South China Sea (NSCS) were gap-filled using the Data INterpolating Empirical ...

SINCE the chemistry of chlorophyll was elucidated by the researches of Willstatter, very little progress has been made in the interpretation of its function. Recently Noack has attempted an ...

The Report of the Berlin Academy for July last contains a remarkable paper by Prof. Pringsheim on this subject. In pursuing his researches upon chlorophyll, he had found that positive results could ...

If you enjoyed this article, I’d like to ask for your support. Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical moment in ...

Too much sun can ruin photosynthesis, scorching plants and other organisms that depend on capturing sunlight for energy. Beneath the waves, though, algae have found a clever shield. Osaka Metropolitan ...

A new discovery reveals the key pigment behind far-red photosynthesis, a new, low-energy form of oxygenic photosynthesis. Imperial researchers have located the long-missing pigments in a form of ...