The nitrogen fertilizer spread on many farms in the U.S.–part of more than 100 million tons used around the world every year–begins life in massive, energy-intensive factories that suck in air and ...

Droughts can increase food scarcity issues and compromise farmers’ profitability. Also, it’s likely to happen more often than usual due to climate change. A study of 571 European cities found most of ...

Taylor Szyszka receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Davin Saviro Wijaya receives funding from the Australian Research Council and an ANU University Research Scholarship. Yu Heng Lau ...

(Nanowerk News) Photosynthesis is the process underlying all plant growth. Scientists aim to boost photosynthesis to meet the increasing global demand for food by engineering its key enzyme Rubisco.

Arrays of nanofibers able to deliver genetic material to cells quickly and efficiently have researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory excited about potential applications for drug delivery, gene ...

As Earth’s population grows, we will need more food. According to one estimate, we may need to nearly double our crop yields in the next century to keep up. At the same time, climate change and wild ...

This month marks ten years since CRISPR-Cas9 was repurposed as a gene editing system, so we’re looking back at what has been accomplished in a decade of CRISPR editing. The use of pesticides has ...