Genetically engineering a new strain of hyper-efficient, drought-resistant rice, known as C4, is part of a multi-national research effort the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has called one of ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has sacked three officials for testing genetically modified rice on children as part of a Sino-U.S. research project, state media said on Thursday. The officials from the ...

In response to consumers’ desire to make more informed choices about eating foods made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Riviana Foods Inc.'s rice brands—a wholly owned subsidiary of Ebro ...

China's health authorities are investigating allegations that genetically modified "golden rice" was tested on Chinese children as part of a joint China-U.S. research project, Reuters reported. The ...

Reducing the number of stomata that rice have makes them more tolerant to salt water, according to researchers at the University of Sheffield As sea levels rise, seawater is reaching places it ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators' latest move to sanction a strain of biotech rice may do little to soothe lingering doubts about the oversight of genetically modified foods destined for export ...

Well, there are many genetic modifications that don't involve pesticide resistance. Therefore, putting pesticide-resistant GMOs under the same label as non-pesticide-resistant GMOs is misleading the ...

Forget the potatoes-and-poo recipe suggested by Andy Weir’s 2011 book The Martian—new research suggests that it’s genetically modified rice that could one day feed the first Mars colonists. Mars is at ...

"Ordinary white rice is nutrient poor, it consists of carbohydrates and little else. About one million people who subsist on rice become blind or die each year from vitamin A deficiency. Golden rice, ...

Genetically engineering rice to have better salt tolerance could allow it to be grown in places it would otherwise fail, new research from the University of Sheffield has found. As sea levels rise as ...

Reducing the number of stomata that rice have makes them more tolerant to salt water, according to researchers. Reducing the number of stomata that rice have makes them more tolerant to salt water, ...