Photosynthesis before oxygen may have kept the early Earth warm

Photosynthesis. (credit: Petr Pakandl / WikiCommons) “The so-called ‘faint young Sun paradox’ has long been a topic of debate because its resolution bears important ramifications for the basic factors structuring climate regulation and the long-term habitability of Earth and Earth-like exoplanets.” So begins Chris Reinhard’s new paper in Nature. Reinhard is a Principal Investigator at […]

Researchers create hydrogen fuel with artificial photosynthesis

Scientists all over the world have been attempting to recreate photosynthesis in the lab in hopes of being able to mimic the process to create fuel. Now a team of researchers from the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Virginia Tech have figured out the secret behind a man-made molecular system or a […]