A pair of studies from Rice University show that genetically engineered bacteria can turn chemical contamination into ...

Despite rice being the staple food for more than half of the world's population, its cultivation remains highly resource-intensive, requiring large amounts of water and chemical fertilizers. Even as ...

Rice farmers Siriporn and Amnat Taidee used to burn their paddy fields between plantings—a common method of clearing crop ...

A new study reveals that a specially engineered form of biochar can dramatically enhance the natural ability of soil microbes ...

To meet growing food demands, large areas of dry farmland are being converted into flooded rice paddies. A new study from ...

Engineers at Rice University have developed a dual-bacterial system that converts chemical signals directly into electrical ...