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.

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

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

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Committee gives first hint that policymakers might preserve, rather than slash, funding for US National Science Foundation ...

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