This month's Short Talks from the Hill features Ben Runkle, an associate professor of biological and agricultural engineering, discussing his ongoing research project called ...

Text description provided by the architects. Featuring the time-honored rice-growing farmland, the Tanjiawan in Wuzhen is regarded as one of the Majiabang cultural sites in the early Neolithic Age ...

grisea races. Before 1998, 98% of rice fields in the study area were sown with monocultures of the hybrid rice varieties Shanyuo22 and Shanyuo63. The desirable glutinous varieties were planted in ...

Ancestral Menominee people in what’s now Michigan’s Upper Peninsula grew maize and other crops on large tracts of land despite harsh conditions.

Much like the Human Genome Project in 2003 mapped genomes from a range of individuals, expressing the genetic diversity of the human species, the rice pangenome allows researchers to develop new ...

Samples of store-bought rice from more than 100 different brands purchased in the United States contained dangerously high levels of arsenic and cadmium, according to a new report shared first ...

Explore the remarkable transformation of the ironwood (belian) soil in Kalimantan, which once seemed barren and lifeless but is now thriving and ready to support rice cultivation. This video explores ...

A new report is bringing attention to toxic heavy metals and elements such as arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury that could be in your rice. The report, which comes from Healthy Babies ...

Rice water, a traditional beauty secret from Japan, is gaining popularity for its skin and hair benefits. It's packed with nutrients that can brighten skin, reduce aging signs, and moisturize. For ...