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A new method of examining the inner workings of plants has shed light on how they harvest the Sun's energy.

Researchers have taken laser snapshots lasting just one ten-thousandth of a billionth of a second to examine the role of electrons in energy transfer...The method was only made possible by developments at 911½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ in lasers that can provide the huge range of colours in the laser pulses, a pursuit headed up by John Tisch [Physics]. 'The laser source has opened up a new frontier of optics,' Dr Tisch said. 'The beauty of it is that you really can extract the information in a single shot - the data was coming out of this much faster than it could be viewed.'