While plants such as soybeans are major sources of biofuel, they're grown on land that could otherwise be used for food crops. With that problem in mind, scientists have genetically engineered ...

Five grab lorries were needed to remove a "carpet" of 80 tonnes of duckweed from a canal. Stourport Basin in Worcester was turned fluorescent green by the tiny, free-floating aquatic plant, and ...

An unwelcome visitor has slithered its way into the waste treatment center of a small Pitt County community. Now the town of Fountain is using its own slimy creature to fight back. The culprit in ...

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.

Duckweed is far more than just a pond-dwelling plant. It’s a nutrient-dense, easy-to-produce alternative protein. If you’ve heard of it at all, you are probably more used to seeing duckweed in ponds ...

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.

When most people think of duckweed, they likely picture a green film growing across the surface of a stinky, stagnant slough. The protein-rich plant may soon be on your plate, however, as it's been ...

A Muscovy cuck is silhouetted against the pond at Girard Park, where a green layer of duckweed has recently blanketed the pond surface, Tuesday, September 19, 2023, in Lafayette, La. Ross Gresham, ...

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Scientists have engineered duckweed to produce high yields of oil. The team added genes to one of nature's fastest growing aquatic plants to 'push' the synthesis of fatty acids, 'pull' those fatty ...