I observed that plants not only have a faculty to correct…

“If it was the warmth of the sun, and not its light, that produced this operation, it would follow, that, by warming the water…

— Jan Ingenhousz

You cannot increase the efficiency of photosynthesis. We improve the performance of farms by irrigating them and fertilizing them to provide all these nutrients.…

— Vaclav Smil

Four elements, Hydrogen, carbon, oxygen and nitrogen, also provide an example of the astonishing togetherness of our universe. They make up the "organic" molecules…

— George Wald

Biological energy comes from the sun. Light energy harvested by photosynthesis in chloroplasts and phototropic bacteria becomes stored in carbohydrates and fats. This stored…

— John E. Walker

Before the discovery of these [underwater] vents, all life on Earth, the key to life on Earth, was believed to be the sun and…

— Mike deGruy

There are three types of biomimicry - one is copying form and shape, another is copying a process, like photosynthesis in a leaf, and…

— Janine Benyus

We can look at the way of improving the key biochemical processes like photosynthesis itself. A lot of energy is lost to keep the…

— Jean-Marie Lehn

“I want my words to illuminate like the sun, as I give my daily lecture on photosynthesis to my houseplants.”

— Jarod Kintz

“We know a great deal more than the Greeks did about the forces of life. But with all our knowledge, no one fully comprehends…

— Richard M. Ketchum

Originally, the atoms of carbon from which we're made were floating in the air, part of a carbon dioxide molecule. The only way to…

— Michael Pollan

“more leaves mean more photosynthesis. Robust leaves also mean more roots, which means more carbon streaming into the soil. Which means, at once, greater…

— Judith D. Schwartz

“It could be expected that further investigations of Plastocyanin dimorphism would reveal new secrets related to photosynthesis – the most significant process, forming the…

— Dr. Mitko I. Dimitrov

When you think about the complexity of our natural world - plants using quantum mechanics for photosynthesis, for example - a smartphone begins to…

— Jeff VanderMeer

Nature has put itself the problem how to catch in flight light streaming to the earth and to store the most elusive of all…

— Robert Mayer

The planet needs trees. If there is indeed that carbon dioxide out there in the atmosphere, the only species on the planet that can…

— Wangari Maathai