Harvesting sunlight is a trick plants mastered more than a billion years ago, using solar energy to feed themselves from the air and water around them in the process we know as photosynthesis.

The concept: a solar-powered fuel or chemical factory. Brendan Cruz Colón, Author provided Photosynthesis – turning the sun’s energy into food for plants – is the biological system that feeds the ...

Finding clean ways to generate energy is a priority for scientists eager to reduce the world’s reliance on fossil fuels. Now, a team of US researchers say they’ve found a way to make environmentally ...

Mimicking aspects of photosynthesis using both biology and chemistry was the goal of a team of cross-discipline Harvard scientists who have invented a bionic leaf that can turn solar energy into fuel.

It’s been a work in progress for decades, but scientists are finally close to perfecting the “artificial leaf,” a device that can turn sunlight and carbon dioxide into clean-burning fuels. The ...

Mixing microbes with carbon nanomaterials could help the transition to renewable energy. KAUST research shows microbes and nanomaterials can be used together to form a biohybrid material that performs ...

Scientists show a bionic approach combining features of a seagull's wing with an engineered flow control accessory, known as a Gurney flap, can greatly improve wind turbine performance. To achieve the ...

Solar energy can be harnessed using electricity from photovoltaic cells to yield hydrogen that can be stored in fuel cells. But hydrogen has failed to catch on as a practical fuel for cars or for ...