Human-made Photosynthesis

[thesummerqueen]

Cool food for thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201...145755.htm

[Phil]

Cool food for thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201...145755.htm

When people speak about photosynthesis, generally they are referring to energy from the sun being absorbed by the chlorophyll of the plant, and the energy is transferred to hydrogen ions which are split off from water producing oxygen. What they generally forget (or just aren't aware of) is that there is another pathway of photosynthesis. The usual one is referred to as a light reaction and for some unknown reason the second pathway is know as a dark reaction (carbon fixation - Calvin cycle) in this pathway carbon dioxide is taken from the air and combined to make sugars.

Fun stuff, thanks for bring me back to my undergrad days

[Nine]

Good thing for crops is a Great thing for humanity