ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their ...

The Transfarmation Project is an organization that helps farmers transition from livestock to self-sustaining plant-based ...

Genetically modified (GM) foods are foods that come from organisms that have had their DNA altered through genetic engineering ... seeds for use in the country’s agriculture. Earlier in 2018, the ...

A mechanism for sharing benefits from the use of DSI, a crucial yet lesser-known aspect of the global biodiversity framework ...

Experts have revealed the origins of a unique DNA duplication mechanism that grants plants additional ways to control genetic instructions.

In the future, photosynthesis could be replaced with electro-agriculture, a process that is four times more efficient and may ...

Biologists have investigated the inner workings of DNA methylation in plants. Their findings could help engineer crops that are more resilient to environmental changes, like heat or drought stress.

Researchers used genomics to investigate the genetic changes causing resistance to transgenic crops in field populations of the corn earworm, also known as cotton bollworm or Helicoverpa zea. They ...

Biologists at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered the origin of a curious duplication that gives plants ...

If left unchecked, insect pests can devastate crops. To minimize damage and reduce the need for insecticide sprays, crops ...