X-rays capture unprecedented images of photosynthesis in action

X-rays capture unprecedented images of photosynthesis in action Berkeley CA (SPX) Nov 22, 2016 - Never mind the story of Moses parting the Red Sea. How exactly do plants split water? An international team of scientists is getting closer to the answer thanks to unprecedented, atomic-scale images of a protein complex found in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria captured by ultrafast X-ray lasers. The experiments, led by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berk ... more

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