Scientists are now studying those organisms for insights into the early evolution of photosynthesis.Arctic-Images/Getty Images The latest important clue comes from Heliobacterium modesticaldum, which ...

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Felix Elling, a former postdoctoral fellow at Harvard and lead author of the study. Credit: Felix Elling For biochemists, it's the which-came-first question: oxygen production by photosynthesis or ...

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Plants and trees may seem pretty passive, but behind the scenes, their cells are working hard to put on a magic show. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore how the processes of ...