News tagged with chlorosomes

Neutron analysis yields insight into bacteria for solar energy

Structural studies of some of nature's most efficient light-harvesting systems are lighting the way for new generations of biologically inspired solar cell devices.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First step to converting solar energy using 'artificial leaf'

An international team of researchers has modified chlorophyll from an alga so that it resembles the extremely efficient light antennae of bacteria. The team was then able to determine the structure of these light antennae. ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Scientists determine the structure of highly efficient light-harvesting molecules in green bacteria

(PhysOrg.com) -- 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 ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0




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Making a light-harvesting antenna from scratch

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes when people talk about solar energy, they tacitly assume that we're stuck with some version of the silicon solar cell and its technical and cost limitations. Not so.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

'Low tech' light in neutron beam illuminates photosynthesis in bacteria

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Bio-SANS instrument at the High Flux Isotope Reactor are getting a leg up in their research from an ingenious "low tech" lighting tool that can be fixed to their samples ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

'Taco shell' protein: Orientation of middle man in photosynthetic bacteria described

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have figured out the orientation of a protein in the antenna complex to its neighboring membrane in a photosynthetic bacterium, a key find ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Orientation of antenna protein in photosynthetic bacteria described

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have figured out the orientation of a protein in the antenna complex to its neighboring membrane in a photosynthetic bacterium, a key find in the process of energy transfer ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Discovering a new life form in the hot springs of Yellowstone

Geysers, mud pots, steam vents and hot springs in the region now known as Yellowstone National Park awed American Indians and early European explorers. Now, two million tourists visit the park in northwestern ...

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created Oct 13, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Surprising new species of light-harvesting bacterium discovered in Yellowstone

In the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, a team of researchers has discovered a novel bacterium that transforms light into chemical energy.

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created Jul 26, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (53) | comments 0

Researchers find evidence of photosynthesis deep within the ocean

The discovery of green sulfur bacteria living near hydrothermal vents has major implications for where photosynthesis happens and where life may reside A team of researchers, including a photosynthesis expert from Arizona S ...

Other Sciences /

created Jun 22, 2005 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Tiny porphyrin tubes developed by Sandia may lead to new nanodevices

Research could result in clean, inexpensive hydrogen fuel Sunlight splitting water molecules to produce hydrogen using devices too small to be seen in a standard microscope. That's a goal of a research team from the Nationa ...

Nanotechnology /

created Mar 18, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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