X-Rays Capture Unprecedented Images of Photosynthesis in Action
Monday, November 21, 2016 - 11:51
in Physics & Chemistry
An international team of scientists is providing new insight into the process by which plants use light to split water and create oxygen. In experiments led by Berkeley Lab scientists, ultrafast X-ray lasers were able to capture atomic-scale images of a protein complex found in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria at room temperature.