This process occurs primarily in the chloroplasts of plant ... Image by edesignua via Depositphotos In contrast to photosynthesis, cellular respiration occurs in the mitochondria of animal cells and ...

A team has discovered how certain bacteria breathe by generating electricity, using a natural process that pushes electrons into their surroundings instead of breathing on oxygen. The findings could ...

A team led by Rice University bioscientist Caroline Ajo-Franklin has discovered how certain bacteria breathe by generating ...

NASA research shows oxygen loss, not asteroids, will end life on Earth. Discover when and how this will happen in the distant ...

A team of international scientists has recently discovered an ancient molecule that calls into question the traditional ...

A team led by Rice University bioscientist Caroline Ajo-Franklin identified how these bacteria expel electrons externally.

Breakthrough Discovery Explained In theory, the difference between a man-made machine and biology is pretty clear. Our inventions mostly run on electricity, while life, from bacteria to humans, runs ...

In research published in New Phytologist, investigators reveal that tomato ripening is regulated by the same mechanism that ...

The only remaining autonomous 'jumping gene' can only attach to, and stitch a copy of itself into, DNA when it builds up into large clusters and only as cells divide.

Plants eat sunlight and air to make life. But the key enzyme behind it all, called rubisco, isn’t actually all that great at its job. Let’s talk about how photo ...