In a bold step toward sustainable space travel, scientists are engineering a radically small, protein-rich rice that can grow ...

Moon-Rice project develops super-dwarf, protein-rich rice varieties for space missions and extreme Earth environments.

Learn about the Moon-Rice project, which aims to create rice crops that can grow in space and help keep astronauts healthy.

Now, the Moon-Rice project, a collaborative effort led by the Italian Space Agency and three Italian universities, aims to develop a “super-dwarf” rice variety ideal for sustained space habitation and ...

Moon habitation and missions to Mars face resupply challenges, which the Italian Moon-Rice project aims to solve with a bioengineered crop.

The future of sustained space habitation depends on our ability to grow fresh food away from Earth. The revolutionary new ...

Ahead of Earth Day on April 22, I’ve been using whole-grain Kernza mixed with other grains. Kernza is the climate-friendly cousin to wheat, and provides tremendous ecological services on farms.

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As climate change threatens tropical forests, a new study shows how the loss of those forests can be devastating to life on ...