Part 1 of this series of three articles dealt with the uses hydrogen and nitrogen found in oil refineries. Some of these uses have been around for a long time and are well known; others are newer, ...

Most folks have learned that plants take up carbon dioxide from the air (to be used in photosynthesis) and produce oxygen (as a by-product of that process), but less well known is that plants also ...

In a new study, an international team of researchers made significant progress in visualizing the process how plants split water to produce oxygen. The results are published in Nature. For mitigating ...

When the sun goes down, most plants take a break from photosynthesis — the process that turns sunlight into energy and oxygen. At night, they usually absorb oxygen and release carbon dioxide, just ...