What’s the big idea? Current industrialized food systems were optimized for a single goal – growing the maximum amount of food for the least amount of money. But when room and supplies are limited – ...

Pull up a seat at the astronaut cafe. What's on the menu, you ask? Duckweed salad. Duckweed soup. Duckweed omelettes. A small, protein-packed plant called duckweed may be the ticket to a nutritious ...

Q: I just bought a property that has a small pond on it. I thought the pond was covered in algae. I was told that it is covered in duckweed. The duckweed is apparently protecting the fish and frogs ...

Duckweed, a tiny freshwater floating plant, is an excellent laboratory model for scientists to discover new strategies for growing hardier and more sustainable crops in an age of climate change and ...

UPTON, NY—Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have engineered duckweed to produce high yields of oil.

It is a common mistake for folks to think shallow ponds are green because algae is covering the surface of the water. While algae certainly is present, not all green plants near the surface are algae.

NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Israeli agro-tech manufacturer GreenOnyx today announced its flagship product, Wanna Greens®, the natural fresh Wolffia vegetables that surpass any traditional ...

Researchers have found why the giant duckweed has a low genetic diversity despite its large population size: low mutation rates contribute to low genetic diversity. The results are relevant for future ...

The other day, I was driving over a bridge in Two Rivers and was surprised to see the surface of the lower West Twin River covered with a light green haze of algae. I was also told that the East Twin ...