The process that powers much of life on Earth, photosynthesis, is so finely tuned that just one photon is enough to kick it off. Scientists have long suspected that photosynthesis must be sensitive to ...
TRACER experiments indicate that different substances (carbohydrates, proteins, lipids) are synthesized in plants, even after a short exposure to 14 CO 2 (ref. 1). Therefore, although photosynthesis ...