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Scientists have finally discovered how photosynthesis starts — by setting it off with a single photonFor the first time, researchers have observed how just one particle of light can trigger photosynthesis in bacteria — finally revealing the first step of the crucial process.
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Scientists accidentally discover photosynthesis doesn't work exactly like we thought it didResearchers have serendipitously discovered that a key step in photosynthesis can occur much earlier in the process than previously believed.
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Logic-defying 'bottom blooms' could sustain hidden ecosystems in Arctic and AntarcticaA pair of new studies has revealed 'highly unlikely' phytoplankton blooms appearing near the seafloor and under sea ice at both Earth's poles.
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New 'artificial' photosynthesis is 10x more efficient than previous attemptsA new method of using the machinery of photosynthesis to make methane is 10 times more efficient than previous attempts.
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3.5 billion-year-old rock structures are one of the oldest signs of life on EarthFossils called stromatolites from Western Australia were created by microbes 3.48 billion years ago.
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Bacterial Banquet: What Ocean Algae EatMicroscopic algae that eat free-floating bacteria in the open ocean.
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Blue Bananas Surprise ScientistsProducts of chlorophyll breakdown make ripening bananas glow blue under black lights.
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Plants Use Quantum Physics to SurviveQuantum effects spill out of physics labs and into wet and messy biological systems.
