Scientist making CO2-absorbing plants wins $3 million prize
American biologist Joanne Chory has been awarded the 2018 Breakthrough Prize, which includes a $3 million cash award, for "deciphering how plants optimise their growth...to transform sunlight into chemical energy." Chory and her colleagues at Salk Institute are developing plants that can adapt to climate change and store large amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide in the ground for long durations.