'At first, we thought we'd made a mistake: it took a while for us to convince ourselves that we'd done it.'
A 'milestone' study reveals a new pathway in photosynthesis, challenging previous beliefs about the transfer of electrons.
The concept of mimicking photosynthesis to generate clean fuels has ignited the imagination of researchers worldwide. By unlocking the secrets embedded within nature's blueprint, scientists envision a future where the power of the Sun can be harnessed to produce renewable fuels, untethered from the shackles of carbon emissions.
"We have discovered a new way to steal electrons from photosynthesis using artificial electron shuttles," Zhang told IE. To give an idea of how short a period of time is involved here, one picosecond is equal to one trillionth of a second, or 0.000000000001 seconds . Think about the blink of an eye, which happens relatively quickly. Well, a picosecond is about a million times faster than that. It's a tiny fraction of a second thatAt first, Zhang and her colleagues aimed to investigate how ring-shaped molecules called quinones could 'steal' electrons from photosynthesis.
While specific benefits of controlling photosynthesis for making crops more resilient to intense sunlight were not discussed in the interview, mitigating the impacts of rising temperatures on plants comes to mind — at least in the context of climate change.
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