Plants have been using solar energy for millions of years, but advances in machine learning and protein engineering could ...

The majority of this work is done by one enzyme: Rubisco, the most abundant enzyme on Earth, responsible for capturing ~100 gigatons of carbon every year. Rubisco is arguably the single most ...

Likely the most abundant enzyme on Earth, Rubisco performs the vital function of fixing carbon from the environment in photosynthetic organisms. Of the four forms of Rubisco known to exist today, form ...

Next the researchers are working on soybeans and cowpeas; the latter is “a hugely important food-security crop in African countries,” Meacham-Hensold says. A high-yield soybean variety with the same ...

"Imagine a planet where plants are twice as efficient," said Bruce Leak, general partner at Playground Global and GigaCrop board member. "GigaCrop has the potential to change the world by doubling ...