(Notícia em Inglês)
A major new US-UK research project is aiming to artificially improve photosynthesis to generate biofuels more efficiently and increase the yield of important crops.
The project will investigate ways to harness the excess light energy that reaches phototrophic organisms (certain algae and plants) but cannot be used due to bottlenecks in natural photosynthesis.
‘A simple analogy is a power plant unconnected to the distribution grid,’ said project partner Prof Anne Jones of Arizona State University. ‘Unconnected, excess energy goes to waste and this is what currently happens in photosynthetic organisms when they are overwhelmed with light.’
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A major new US-UK research project is aiming to artificially improve photosynthesis to generate biofuels more efficiently and increase the yield of important crops.
The project will investigate ways to harness the excess light energy that reaches phototrophic organisms (certain algae and plants) but cannot be used due to bottlenecks in natural photosynthesis.
‘A simple analogy is a power plant unconnected to the distribution grid,’ said project partner Prof Anne Jones of Arizona State University. ‘Unconnected, excess energy goes to waste and this is what currently happens in photosynthetic organisms when they are overwhelmed with light.’
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