Chemists Discover Why Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Is So Efficient

ENN
Jul 5, 2023, 2:00 pm109 pts
When photosynthetic cells absorb light from the sun, packets of energy called photons leap between a series of light-harvesting proteins until they reach the photosynthetic reaction center. There, cells convert the energy into electrons, which eventually power the production of sugar molecules.

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