Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Winter will be here soon enough, but enjoy those gorgeous fall leaf colors along the Front Range before any snowflakes arrive. Reach back and recall your ...

Speaking at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in California, MIT professor Daniel Nocera claims to have created an artificial leaf, made from stable and inexpensive materials, ...

For centuries, scientists have known that plants "breathe" through microscopic pores on their leaves called stomata. These ...

Unlike us, plants don't need pantries full of food to stay alive; the Sun is their pantry. But, like us, they require fairly regular sustenance, which they create via photosynthesis. This seemingly ...

Scientists have combined solar panels, genetically modified bacteria and a synthetic catalyst to create a system that does exactly what a leaf does – turn sunshine into fuel – but much more ...

Salk researchers have discovered how some plant species evolved a more efficient photosynthesis approach; findings could help make staple crops including rice and wheat more resilient to climate ...