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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

A common weed that chokes Britain’s ponds could be the answer to the world’s food crisis, scientists claim. Duckweed – the little green dots that rapidly blanket water - are more appetisingly known as ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

Chinese and Rutgers scientists have discovered how aquatic plants cope with water pollution, a major ecological question that could help boost their use in wastewater treatment, biofuels, antibiotics ...

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 ...