Molecule With 'Self-control' Synthesized
Monday, May 12, 2008 - 17:28
in Physics & Chemistry
Plants have an ambivalent relationship with light. They need it to live, but too much light leads to the increased production of high-energy chemical intermediates that can injure or kill the plant. The intermediates do this because the efficient conversion of sunlight into chemical energy cannot keep up with sunlight streaming into the plant.