News · 10 March 2026
WSU discovery: Protein 'mix' could unlock better crop yields.
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Agricultural advances promise improved food production for everyone. Scientists from Washington State University and partners precisely mapped how proteins are arranged on photosynthetic membranes using advanced electron microscopy. This finding, crucial for photosynthesis, reveals that protein size and mix determine energy conversion efficiency, as Professor Helmut Kirchhoff's team published in Science Advances.
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