If your brain turns into a late-night overthinker or you’re stuck counting sheep, it might be time to look at what’s on your ...

Magnesium also plays a role in the production of melatonin, which can make it easier to drift off to sleep ... that regulates your sleep-wake cycle. Rice is a comforting and filling option ...

The three staple crops dominating modern diets – corn, rice and wheat – are familiar to Americans. However, fourth place is held by a dark horse: cassava. While nearly unknown in temperate climates, ...

In the past two decades, rice consumption in Africa has skyrocketed, owing to rapid population growth, urbanisation, and changing food preferences. However, domestic rice production in Africa is ...

Researchers say they can improve rice harvests and grain quality by essentially turning off a temperature-sensitive gene ...

Persistent rice overproduction in Japan means that soaring rice prices are a symptom of systemic issues within Japan’s rice ...

Both are expected to yield 20–30% more than conventional rice seeds and mature 20 days earlier, leading to significant water-use savings. In addition to being climate-resilient, these varieties ...

Anyone who owns a Nintendo Switch will know about Joy-Con stick drift. It’s when the Joy-Con Control Sticks stop responding correctly, or suffer from "drifting." Complaints about Joy-Con drift ...

Dr. Deb runs the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, an NGO, which supports Vrihi, a community rice seed bank, Basudha, a seed conservation farm, and a laboratory that carries out molecular and ...

After drying, treat the rice seed with 3 g of Sprint 75 WS (mancozeb + carbendazim) per kg of seed. Make a paste of the fungicide by dissolving it in 10–12 mL of water and rub it on the seed.

has demanded that the Centre withdraw the two genome-edited rice varieties announced on Sunday (May 4, 2025). The organisation, in a statement on Monday (May 5, 2025), alleged that the seeds have ...