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

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

Animal and plant cells have different energy-producing structures inside them. For animals, that’s mitochondria , which convert chemical energy from food into a form that our cells can use.

Scientists in Japan have found a way to create solar-powered tissues, which may lead to breakthroughs in growing organs and ...

Researchers say they have successfully cultivated animal cells that draw energy through photosynthesis. Previously believed ...

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

It was previously thought that combining chloroplasts (chlorophyll containing structures in the cells of plants and algae) with animal cells was not possible, and that the chloroplasts would not ...

Scientists from the University of Tokyo have successfully engineered animal cells capable of photosynthesis. The team used ...

It was previously thought that combining chloroplasts (chlorophyll containing structures in the cells of plants and algae) with animal cells was not possible, and that the chloroplasts would not ...

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

Aside from being seem as "alien" material, the chloroplasts themselves struggle to function in the environment of an animal ...