Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RubisCO) is a key enzyme of the Calvin cycle, which is responsible for most of Earth’s primary production. Although research on RubisCO genes and ...

Be honest – when you look at a rich green meadow, does a solar power plant come to mind? Of course not. However, plants do something very similar: they convert the energy from sunlight into usable ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The process of photosynthesis is often ...