Like mitochondria, chloroplasts likely originated from ... Some vacuoles have specialized functions, and plant cells can have more than one type of vacuole. Vacuoles are related to lysosomes ...

The sun is the ultimate source of energy for virtually all organisms. Photosynthetic cells are able to use solar energy to synthesize energy-rich food molecules and to produce oxygen.

Researchers had given up on achieving photosynthesis in animals, Professor Sachihiro Matsunaga told Newsweek, but that didn't ...

Many experts believed it couldn't be done, but researchers in Japan have successfully introduced chloroplasts into hamster ...

Most plants (as well as algae) use chloroplasts to harness ... they are unlikely to be able to function in the relatively hot environment of an animal cell, where temperatures are typically ...

Scientists at The University of Tokyo have integrated chloroplasts, the energy-producing organelles found in plants and algae ...