Energy-making chloroplasts from algae have been inserted into hamster cells, enabling the cells to photosynthesize light, ...

Energy-making chloroplasts from algae have been inserted into hamster cells, enabling the cells to photosynthesize light, according to new research in Japan. It was previously thought that combining ...

Marine animals like jellyfish, corals and sea anemones often live with algae inside their cells in a symbiotic relationship.

A first-of-its-kind achievement has implanted photosynthesizing cells in animal cells to make “planimals.” This feat could be ...

Previously, it was believed that chloroplasts—light-capturing structures essential to plant cells—could not function within animal cells.

The ability of plants to convert sunlight into food is an enviable superpower. Now, researchers have shown they can get ...

For the project, scientists studied the polyp stage of the upside-down jellyfish, a juvenile life stage. During the polyp ...

Scientists successfully embedded chloroplasts from algae into hamster cells, allowing the cells to survive and ...

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have combined chloroplasts with animal cells, enabling the cells to harness energy ...

Japanese researchers have achieved a breakthrough by inserting energy-generating chloroplasts from algae into hamster cells, allowing these animal cells to photosynthesize. Previously, it was ...

The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) is alerting residents of a cyanobacteria algae bloom in Sprague Pond in the Hyde ...

An international team of scientists (including experts from Harvard University) have described a carbon dioxide-hungry algae ...