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Through such a “mycorrhizal network,” trees can send carbon, nutrients, water and photosynthetic energy to others of their kind, strengthening the webs of interconnection that make for flourishing woodlands.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

"These findings may help design efficient artificial photosynthetic systems capable of converting solar energy into chemical fuels, contributing to innovative and sustainable renewable energy solutions."

From Science Daily • Oct. 13, 2025

One descendant of our last common ancestor went on to engulf a photosynthetic bacterium, which would then toil away harnessing the power of the sun to fuel this progenitor of all plants.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025

Rather than withering in the heat, the modified potatoes grew 30% more tubers than the control group potatoes, taking full advantage of their increased thermotolerance of photosynthetic efficiency.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024

Once the photosynthetic cells had appeared, very probably counterparts of today’s blue-green algae, the future respiratory mechanism of the earth was set in place.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas