AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University engineers and plant scientists are joining forces to design better crops that tolerate climate change, produce bigger yields and feed more people. The collaborative ...

There is great incentive to genetically engineer crops that possess desirable traits like greater biomass production and resistance to pathogens while requiring less resources, including space and ...

Scientists engineered plant-made psychedelics to produce DMT and psilocybin, offering a sustainable alternative to wild ...

Are you looking to make a difference in your career? We’re working on smarter grids, cleaner energy and tools to help people manage energy more efficiently. The Plant Engineer will play a vital role ...

After several years of experimentation, scientists have engineered thale cress, or Arabidopsis thaliana, to behave like a succulent, improving water-use efficiency, salinity tolerance and reducing the ...

Lynn Martin (left) and Travis Fettes (right) are plant operators in WMU’s Paper Pilot Plant. Did you know there’s a full pilot-sized paper plant housed at Western Michigan University’s College of ...

When Tropical Storm Isaias pummeled the East Coast in summer 2020, it created life-threatening tornadoes and weather conditions that ruined homes and flattened farm fields across Delaware. But in ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Humanity's efforts to modify food plants is as old as farming itself, some 10,000 years. Before genetic engineering became possible, farmers have used simple selection inter- and ...