https://aiscience.uk/tags/photochemistry/ Recent content in Photochemistry on AI Science Report Hugo en-us Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://aiscience.uk/posts/virus-nanocontainer-artificial-photosynthesis/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://aiscience.uk/posts/virus-nanocontainer-artificial-photosynthesis/ <p>Deep in the laboratory of the University of South Bohemia, a team of scientists has done something that would have sounded like science fiction just a decade ago: they took a virus that infects bacteria, hollowed it out, stuffed it with a photosynthetic protein and an electron-carrying partner, and turned the whole assembly into a working solar-powered nanoreactor. The result, published this week on arXiv, is a modular molecular toolkit that could rewrite how we think about artificial photosynthesis — and eventually, how we produce fuels, chemicals, and medicines using nothing but sunlight.</p>