A diagram detailing the Bionic Leaf, which uses solar power and bacteria to turn carbon dioxide into food and methane fuel. (SoundBio Labs Image) Earth faces some troubling conundrums. On one front, ...

Brainchild of Harvard biochemist Daniel Nocera, the “bionic leaf” is a small man-made solar collector that takes sunlight and water and turns it into any of a variety of usable fuels or fertilizers.

Forget turning water into wine. A new project wants to turn air into food. It’s called the Bionic Leaf, and it’s a new, almost sci-fi technology that claims to employ the power of the sun and bacteria ...

Researchers at Harvard may have found a way to one-up nature. A system they developed, called the Bionic Leaf 2.0, can mimic photosynthesis up to 10 times more efficiently than an actual plant, ...

This monthly column takes some crazy sounding ideas and applies them to the field of Ag Tech. The purpose of this is purely entertainment, but hey, if we can spread ideas or ignite imaginations, how ...

In the second half of the 20th century, the mass use of fertilizer was part of an agricultural boom called the “green revolution” that was largely credited with averting a global food crisis. Now, the ...

Brainchild of Harvard biochemist Daniel Nocera, the “bionic leaf” is a small man-made solar collector that takes sunlight and water and turns it into any of a variety of usable fuels or fertilizers.