(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Sydney scientists have stumbled upon the first new chlorophyll to be discovered in over 60 years and have published their findings in the international journal Science.

All living organisms need energy for their survival, and this energy indirectly comes from the sun. Some organisms, such as plants, cyanobacteria, and algae, are capable of directly converting this ...

An international team of scientists has determined the structure of the chlorophyll molecules in green bacteria that are responsible for harvesting light energy. The team's results one day could be ...

A Universal Molecule of Living Matter The tetrapyrrole ring, a chemical structure made up of four smaller rings, occurs in the chlorophyll of plants, the hemoglobin of blood and many enzymes which, ...