New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...

Despite its name, halobacterium is not a bacterium but an archaeon that uses photosynthesis in a less common way. It absorbs green wavelengths through retinal and reflects red and blue, which produces ...

School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China Key Laboratory for Micro-Nano Physics and Technology of Hunan Province, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan ...

In some orchids, photosynthesis is out and parasitism is in. Instead of making food from sunlight, some of these plants have become parasitic and primarily suck nutrients out of the fungi in their ...

Scientists are now exploring how to apply this to next-gen renewable energy tech. Photosynthesis, the process plants use to convert sunlight into energy, relies on an incredibly efficient energy ...

Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, ...

They identified five promising candidates that exhibited two critical properties: large maximum absorbance wavelengths and high oscillator strengths. These characteristics are crucial for applications ...

"Just as we see all the pretty colors of bluebonnets because they reflect certain light wavelengths, NIRS detects and analyzes specific wavelengths absorbed and reflected by materials in manure ...

In particular, they let in light within the blue and red ranges -- the optimal wavelengths for photosynthesis -- but appear to block ultraviolet radiation from penetrating into their shells where it ...