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photosynthesis

[foh-tuh-sin-thuh-sis] / ˌfoʊ təˈsɪn θə sɪs /
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making food from sun
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CAM plants need substantially less water than plants relying entirely on more conventional forms of photosynthesis, making them potentially useful models for developing climate resilient crops.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

That diversity gives scientists a rare opportunity to examine how plants can transition between different forms of photosynthesis.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

These plants lack chlorophyll and do not carry out photosynthesis.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

"Our study provides a new strategy for engineering biomimetic nanoreactors that increasingly replicate the sophisticated functions of living cells, opening new opportunities in artificial photosynthesis, energy catalysis, and synthetic chemistry," said Prof. Li.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

Or it can shine like the sun and provide energy for photosynthesis.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

He suspects that these minerals may have been deposited while the earth's atmosphere was in a transition state, just beginning to accumulate the oxygen that was being released by the photosyntheses of slow-living, primitive plants.

From Time Magazine Archive



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