#photosynthesis — Public Fediverse posts

What is wrong with modern #biology? Biologists use big and beautiful pictures to depict some of their "models" as if they are real parts of nature that are observable. Bedtime stories have become reality.

Plastoquinone is not a tiny molecule. Biologists say that PQ (and hence PQH2) "diffuses" inside the lipid bilayer in the chloroplast. But PQ isn't much smaller than the glycerolipids of the bilayer and cannot bend their tails. Diffusion is impossible.

#photosynthesis #plants #physiology

🥱 Oh joy, yet another mind-numbingly dull piece from #Quanta about how plant cells are secretly hosting mini math raves. 🌿🕺 Just what we needed—a deep dive into cellular calculus while we patiently await the next thrilling podcast on #photosynthesis. 🤦‍♂️
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-hidden-mathematical-dance-inside-plant-cells-20260504/ #plantcells #mathraves #cellularcalculus #HackerNews #ngated

🥱 Oh joy, yet another mind-numbingly dull piece from #Quanta about how plant cells are secretly hosting mini math raves. 🌿🕺 Just what we needed—a deep dive into cellular calculus while we patiently await the next thrilling podcast on #photosynthesis. 🤦‍♂️
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-hidden-mathematical-dance-inside-plant-cells-20260504/ #plantcells #mathraves #cellularcalculus #HackerNews #ngated

🥱 Oh joy, yet another mind-numbingly dull piece from #Quanta about how plant cells are secretly hosting mini math raves. 🌿🕺 Just what we needed—a deep dive into cellular calculus while we patiently await the next thrilling podcast on #photosynthesis. 🤦‍♂️
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-hidden-mathematical-dance-inside-plant-cells-20260504/ #plantcells #mathraves #cellularcalculus #HackerNews #ngated

🥱 Oh joy, yet another mind-numbingly dull piece from #Quanta about how plant cells are secretly hosting mini math raves. 🌿🕺 Just what we needed—a deep dive into cellular calculus while we patiently await the next thrilling podcast on #photosynthesis. 🤦‍♂️
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-hidden-mathematical-dance-inside-plant-cells-20260504/ #plantcells #mathraves #cellularcalculus #HackerNews #ngated

🥱 Oh joy, yet another mind-numbingly dull piece from #Quanta about how plant cells are secretly hosting mini math raves. 🌿🕺 Just what we needed—a deep dive into cellular calculus while we patiently await the next thrilling podcast on #photosynthesis. 🤦‍♂️
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-hidden-mathematical-dance-inside-plant-cells-20260504/ #plantcells #mathraves #cellularcalculus #HackerNews #ngated

https://www.europesays.com/ie/464238/ Responses of Cyanobacterial Crusts and Microbial Communities to Extreme Environments of the Stratosphere #analog #balloon #DNA #Éire #exopolysaccharides #ExtremeEnvironment #extremophile #Https://astrobiologyCom/2026/05/microbiology #Https://astrobiologyCom/2026/05/radiation #IE #Ireland #Kallotenue #Longimicrobium #Mars #MicroorganismsViaPubMed #NAcetylβDGlucosidase #photosynthesis #RNA #Science #Stratosphere #TenggerDesert #UVIrradiation #vaccum #βGlucosidase

I have never seen my dog smiling like that!! Photosynthesis makes every being happy!!!

#rescuedog #Greekdog #plantpowereddog #dogsofmastodon #Lund #sun #photosynthesis

The mass extinction during the super-greenhouse conditions at the Permian-Triassic transition occurred when average maximum daily temperatures in equatorial regions exceeded 45 deg. C. Most modern plant can not survive these conditions, but lycophytes prospered, perhaps due to their unusual photosynthetic mechanism.

Summary: https://phys.org/news/2026-04-primitive-evolved-survive-earth-catastrophic.html

Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-03026-0

#Science #Evolution #Photosynthesis #ClimateChange #Extinction #Lycophytes

The mass extinction during the super-greenhouse conditions at the Permian-Triassic transition occurred when average maximum daily temperatures in equatorial regions exceeded 45 deg. C. Most modern plant can not survive these conditions, but lycophytes prospered, perhaps due to their unusual photosynthetic mechanism.

Summary: https://phys.org/news/2026-04-primitive-evolved-survive-earth-catastrophic.html

Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-03026-0

#Science #Evolution #Photosynthesis #ClimateChange #Extinction #Lycophytes

The mass extinction during the super-greenhouse conditions at the Permian-Triassic transition occurred when average maximum daily temperatures in equatorial regions exceeded 45 deg. C. Most modern plant can not survive these conditions, but lycophytes prospered, perhaps due to their unusual photosynthetic mechanism.

Summary: https://phys.org/news/2026-04-primitive-evolved-survive-earth-catastrophic.html

Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-03026-0

#Science #Evolution #Photosynthesis #ClimateChange #Extinction #Lycophytes

The mass extinction during the super-greenhouse conditions at the Permian-Triassic transition occurred when average maximum daily temperatures in equatorial regions exceeded 45 deg. C. Most modern plant can not survive these conditions, but lycophytes prospered, perhaps due to their unusual photosynthetic mechanism.

Summary: https://phys.org/news/2026-04-primitive-evolved-survive-earth-catastrophic.html

Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-03026-0

#Science #Evolution #Photosynthesis #ClimateChange #Extinction #Lycophytes

The mass extinction during the super-greenhouse conditions at the Permian-Triassic transition occurred when average maximum daily temperatures in equatorial regions exceeded 45 deg. C. Most modern plant can not survive these conditions, but lycophytes prospered, perhaps due to their unusual photosynthetic mechanism.

Summary: https://phys.org/news/2026-04-primitive-evolved-survive-earth-catastrophic.html

Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-03026-0

#Science #Evolution #Photosynthesis #ClimateChange #Extinction #Lycophytes

Researchers have mapped the precise structural pathways of Photosystem II in plants, revealing exactly how water molecules navigate to the active site for the critical water-splitting reaction that initiates #photosynthesis
#StructuralBiology #PlantPhysiology #Biochemistry #Botany #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/phgy04182601.html

Researchers have mapped the precise structural pathways of Photosystem II in plants, revealing exactly how water molecules navigate to the active site for the critical water-splitting reaction that initiates #photosynthesis
#StructuralBiology #PlantPhysiology #Biochemistry #Botany #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/phgy04182601.html

Researchers have mapped the precise structural pathways of Photosystem II in plants, revealing exactly how water molecules navigate to the active site for the critical water-splitting reaction that initiates #photosynthesis
#StructuralBiology #PlantPhysiology #Biochemistry #Botany #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/phgy04182601.html

Researchers have mapped the precise structural pathways of Photosystem II in plants, revealing exactly how water molecules navigate to the active site for the critical water-splitting reaction that initiates #photosynthesis
#StructuralBiology #PlantPhysiology #Biochemistry #Botany #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/phgy04182601.html

Researchers have mapped the precise structural pathways of Photosystem II in plants, revealing exactly how water molecules navigate to the active site for the critical water-splitting reaction that initiates #photosynthesis
#StructuralBiology #PlantPhysiology #Biochemistry #Botany #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/phgy04182601.html

Full bloom in Lund.

#Lund #Sweden #Spring #newlifenewhope #newbeginnings #April #joy #photosynthesis

Full bloom in Lund.

#Lund #Sweden #Spring #newlifenewhope #newbeginnings #April #joy #photosynthesis

Full bloom in Lund.

#Lund #Sweden #Spring #newlifenewhope #newbeginnings #April #joy #photosynthesis

Full bloom in Lund.

#Lund #Sweden #Spring #newlifenewhope #newbeginnings #April #joy #photosynthesis

Full bloom in Lund.

#Lund #Sweden #Spring #newlifenewhope #newbeginnings #April #joy #photosynthesis

🐌✨ Look out, world! We've got #slugs playing dress-up as solar panels, apparently having mastered the art of #photosynthesis just by being near plants. 🌿🌞 Meanwhile, the article's more concerned with user agents and robot policies than the actual science. 🤖📜
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costasiella_kuroshimae #solarpanels #useragents #robotics #HackerNews #ngated

🐌✨ Look out, world! We've got #slugs playing dress-up as solar panels, apparently having mastered the art of #photosynthesis just by being near plants. 🌿🌞 Meanwhile, the article's more concerned with user agents and robot policies than the actual science. 🤖📜
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costasiella_kuroshimae #solarpanels #useragents #robotics #HackerNews #ngated

🐌✨ Look out, world! We've got #slugs playing dress-up as solar panels, apparently having mastered the art of #photosynthesis just by being near plants. 🌿🌞 Meanwhile, the article's more concerned with user agents and robot policies than the actual science. 🤖📜
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costasiella_kuroshimae #solarpanels #useragents #robotics #HackerNews #ngated

🐌✨ Look out, world! We've got #slugs playing dress-up as solar panels, apparently having mastered the art of #photosynthesis just by being near plants. 🌿🌞 Meanwhile, the article's more concerned with user agents and robot policies than the actual science. 🤖📜
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costasiella_kuroshimae #solarpanels #useragents #robotics #HackerNews #ngated

🐌✨ Look out, world! We've got #slugs playing dress-up as solar panels, apparently having mastered the art of #photosynthesis just by being near plants. 🌿🌞 Meanwhile, the article's more concerned with user agents and robot policies than the actual science. 🤖📜
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costasiella_kuroshimae #solarpanels #useragents #robotics #HackerNews #ngated

Semiartificial #photosynthesis is an innovative hybrid system that combines biological catalysts with synthetic light-absorbing materials to convert solar energy and carbon dioxide into fuels and valuable chemical substances.
#Chemistry #MaterialScience #Environmental #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/chm04062601.html

Semiartificial #photosynthesis is an innovative hybrid system that combines biological catalysts with synthetic light-absorbing materials to convert solar energy and carbon dioxide into fuels and valuable chemical substances.
#Chemistry #MaterialScience #Environmental #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/chm04062601.html

Semiartificial #photosynthesis is an innovative hybrid system that combines biological catalysts with synthetic light-absorbing materials to convert solar energy and carbon dioxide into fuels and valuable chemical substances.
#Chemistry #MaterialScience #Environmental #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/chm04062601.html

Semiartificial #photosynthesis is an innovative hybrid system that combines biological catalysts with synthetic light-absorbing materials to convert solar energy and carbon dioxide into fuels and valuable chemical substances.
#Chemistry #MaterialScience #Environmental #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/chm04062601.html

Semiartificial #photosynthesis is an innovative hybrid system that combines biological catalysts with synthetic light-absorbing materials to convert solar energy and carbon dioxide into fuels and valuable chemical substances.
#Chemistry #MaterialScience #Environmental #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/chm04062601.html

Before the 'Oxygen Apocalypse', Earth was purple, the oceans ferrous, and H₂O's oxygen safely locked away 🟣

Then, bacteria developed a quantum lockpick 🗝️⚡

The seas rusted and the ancients died out. Complex organisms burn the fuel of this cataclysm still, but pay the price by ageing 🦠

This is the story of how symmetry saves us from the flames ⚛️

Full post: https://keiran-rowell.github.io/oxygen/2026-04-02-the-oxygen-apocalypse/

#oxygen #science #scicomm #GreatOxidationEvent #photosynthesis #eukaryogenesis #quantumbiology #geology

Before the 'Oxygen Apocalypse', Earth was purple, the oceans ferrous, and H₂O's oxygen safely locked away 🟣

Then, bacteria developed a quantum lockpick 🗝️⚡

The seas rusted and the ancients died out. Complex organisms burn the fuel of this cataclysm still, but pay the price by ageing 🦠

This is the story of how symmetry saves us from the flames ⚛️

Full post: https://keiran-rowell.github.io/oxygen/2026-04-02-the-oxygen-apocalypse/

#oxygen #science #scicomm #GreatOxidationEvent #photosynthesis #eukaryogenesis #quantumbiology #geology

Before the 'Oxygen Apocalypse', Earth was purple, the oceans ferrous, and H₂O's oxygen safely locked away 🟣

Then, bacteria developed a quantum lockpick 🗝️⚡

The seas rusted and the ancients died out. Complex organisms burn the fuel of this cataclysm still, but pay the price by ageing 🦠

This is the story of how symmetry saves us from the flames ⚛️

Full post: https://keiran-rowell.github.io/oxygen/2026-04-02-the-oxygen-apocalypse/

#oxygen #science #scicomm #GreatOxidationEvent #photosynthesis #eukaryogenesis #quantumbiology #geology

Before the 'Oxygen Apocalypse', Earth was purple, the oceans ferrous, and H₂O's oxygen safely locked away 🟣

Then, bacteria developed a quantum lockpick 🗝️⚡

The seas rusted and the ancients died out. Complex organisms burn the fuel of this cataclysm still, but pay the price by ageing 🦠

This is the story of how symmetry saves us from the flames ⚛️

Full post: https://keiran-rowell.github.io/oxygen/2026-04-02-the-oxygen-apocalypse/

#oxygen #science #scicomm #GreatOxidationEvent #photosynthesis #eukaryogenesis #quantumbiology #geology

Before the 'Oxygen Apocalypse', Earth was purple, the oceans ferrous, and H₂O's oxygen safely locked away 🟣

Then, bacteria developed a quantum lockpick 🗝️⚡

The seas rusted and the ancients died out. Complex organisms burn the fuel of this cataclysm still, but pay the price by ageing 🦠

This is the story of how symmetry saves us from the flames ⚛️

Full post: https://keiran-rowell.github.io/oxygen/2026-04-02-the-oxygen-apocalypse/

#oxygen #science #scicomm #GreatOxidationEvent #photosynthesis #eukaryogenesis #quantumbiology #geology

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @FrancoisPrague @NM8A @ai6yr @rifter How do you think iron atoms get put in the hemoglobin molecules in your blood cells? 🤔

They are also found in nitrogenase enzymes (a #quantum model of which is shown in my profile) which split one of the strongest bonds in the universe!

#Chemistry is #magic that’s not make-believe!

Nitrogenase ‘fixes’ nitrogen.
#Photosynthesis ‘fixes’ carbon.
*We* must fix #democracy.

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @FrancoisPrague @NM8A @ai6yr @rifter How do you think iron atoms get put in the hemoglobin molecules in your blood cells? 🤔

They are also found in nitrogenase enzymes (a #quantum model of which is shown in my profile) which split one of the strongest bonds in the universe!

#Chemistry is #magic that’s not make-believe!

Nitrogenase ‘fixes’ nitrogen.
#Photosynthesis ‘fixes’ carbon.
*We* must fix #democracy.

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @FrancoisPrague @NM8A @ai6yr @rifter How do you think iron atoms get put in the hemoglobin molecules in your blood cells? 🤔

They are also found in nitrogenase enzymes (a #quantum model of which is shown in my profile) which split one of the strongest bonds in the universe!

#Chemistry is #magic that’s not make-believe!

Nitrogenase ‘fixes’ nitrogen.
#Photosynthesis ‘fixes’ carbon.
*We* must fix #democracy.

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @FrancoisPrague @NM8A @ai6yr @rifter How do you think iron atoms get put in the hemoglobin molecules in your blood cells? 🤔

They are also found in nitrogenase enzymes (a #quantum model of which is shown in my profile) which split one of the strongest bonds in the universe!

#Chemistry is #magic that’s not make-believe!

Nitrogenase ‘fixes’ nitrogen.
#Photosynthesis ‘fixes’ carbon.
*We* must fix #democracy.

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @FrancoisPrague @NM8A @ai6yr @rifter How do you think iron atoms get put in the hemoglobin molecules in your blood cells? 🤔

They are also found in nitrogenase enzymes (a #quantum model of which is shown in my profile) which split one of the strongest bonds in the universe!

#Chemistry is #magic that’s not make-believe!

Nitrogenase ‘fixes’ nitrogen.
#Photosynthesis ‘fixes’ carbon.
*We* must fix #democracy.

Rapaza viridis, a single-celled predator, performs #photosynthesis by stealing and temporarily retaining chloroplasts from its algal prey, a process known as kleptoplasty. It actively maintains these stolen organelles by transporting its own host-encoded proteins into them.
#EvolutionaryBiology #CellBiology #MolecularBiology #AgriculturalScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/ebio03252601.html

Rapaza viridis, a single-celled predator, performs #photosynthesis by stealing and temporarily retaining chloroplasts from its algal prey, a process known as kleptoplasty. It actively maintains these stolen organelles by transporting its own host-encoded proteins into them.
#EvolutionaryBiology #CellBiology #MolecularBiology #AgriculturalScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/ebio03252601.html

Rapaza viridis, a single-celled predator, performs #photosynthesis by stealing and temporarily retaining chloroplasts from its algal prey, a process known as kleptoplasty. It actively maintains these stolen organelles by transporting its own host-encoded proteins into them.
#EvolutionaryBiology #CellBiology #MolecularBiology #AgriculturalScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/ebio03252601.html

Rapaza viridis, a single-celled predator, performs #photosynthesis by stealing and temporarily retaining chloroplasts from its algal prey, a process known as kleptoplasty. It actively maintains these stolen organelles by transporting its own host-encoded proteins into them.
#EvolutionaryBiology #CellBiology #MolecularBiology #AgriculturalScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/ebio03252601.html

Rapaza viridis, a single-celled predator, performs #photosynthesis by stealing and temporarily retaining chloroplasts from its algal prey, a process known as kleptoplasty. It actively maintains these stolen organelles by transporting its own host-encoded proteins into them.
#EvolutionaryBiology #CellBiology #MolecularBiology #AgriculturalScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/ebio03252601.html

13-Mar-2026
How an #alga makes the most of dim light
A freshwater alga captures far-red light for #photosynthesis by rearranging ordinary #chlorophyll

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1119709 #science #ecology

13-Mar-2026
How an #alga makes the most of dim light
A freshwater alga captures far-red light for #photosynthesis by rearranging ordinary #chlorophyll

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1119709 #science #ecology