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 ...

(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.

Researchers from Chiba University synthesized two chlorophyll derivatives (ChG2 and ChG3) that self-assemble into rosette patterns, columnar stacks, and disc-shaped aggregates depending on the solvent ...

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, ...

A new study from Osaka Metropolitan University reveals how a freshwater alga extends its reach into far-red light by ...

Scientists have known for almost two centuries that plants, in one of nature’s most mysterious processes, use sunlight to make sugar, fats and other high-energy chemicals out of water and carbon diox ...