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

A first-of-its-kind achievement has implanted photosynthesizing cells in animal cells to make “planimals.” This feat could be ...

A Japanese team has developed a technique to insert chloroplasts isolated from algae into animal cells, a feat that could ...

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

For the first time, scientists have created animal cells that can harness sunlight for energy—a feat once thought ...

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

Photosynthetic electron transport generates chemical energy and is necessary for numerous cell functions in plants and algae. "We thought that the chloroplasts would be digested by the animal ...

Photosynthetic electron transport generates chemical energy and is necessary for numerous cell functions in plants and algae. "We thought that the chloroplasts would be digested by the animal ...

Previous studies suggested that animal cells would digest chloroplasts before they could function, but this study challenges that belief. Led by scientists at the University of Tokyo, the team not ...

Japanese researchers have achieved a breakthrough by inserting energy-generating chloroplasts from algae into hamster cells, ...