You’ve probably seen duckweed before—those tiny green plants that float in ponds, covering the surface and adding to the waterlogged, swampy greenness of their environment. But have you ever thought ...

Duckweed, a tiny freshwater floating plant, is an excellent laboratory model for scientists to discover new strategies for growing hardier and more sustainable crops in an age of climate change and ...

The tiniest flowering plant could prove well-suited to two very big jobs: cleaning industrial animal pollution and providing clean biofuel. Able to thrive on nutrients in animal waste, duckweed ...

Blending industry expertise with cutting-edge science, Adelaide University is testing technologies that could address some of Australia’s toughest environmental challenges ...

Duckweeds are the world's smallest flowering plants. These tiny plants float on still and slow-moving water the world over. With the warm spring weather you can find duckweed growing along the edges ...

A new study has revealed both the promise and the complexity of using duckweed as a biological tool for managing nitrogen pollution in rice agriculture. While this tiny floating plant can sharply curb ...

Scientists have released new and more accurate genome sequences for five species of duckweed. Their research reveals the specific genes responsible for some of the plant's most useful traits, allowing ...

EAST TEXAS (KLTV/KTRE) - We’re looking at what you need to know if there’s duckweed on your pond. It’s a common and difficult to control aquatic weed that shows up in many farm ponds. It shows up as a ...

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.

Pull up a seat at the astronaut cafe. What's on the menu, you ask? Duckweed salad. Duckweed soup. Duckweed omelettes. A small, protein-packed plant called duckweed may be the ticket to a nutritious ...