Moon-Rice project develops super-dwarf, protein-rich rice varieties for space missions and extreme Earth environments.

Learn about the Moon-Rice project, which aims to create rice crops that can grow in space and help keep astronauts healthy.

Colossal Biosciences, the startup that brought back the dire wolf, is now focusing on New Zealand's giant moa.

The future of sustained space habitation depends on our ability to grow fresh food away from Earth. The revolutionary new ...

Now, the Moon-Rice project, a collaborative effort led by the Italian Space Agency and three Italian universities, aims to develop a “super-dwarf” rice variety ideal for sustained space habitation and ...

The traditional Japanese paste tastes nuttier and more roasted when made in orbit, according to an experiment that could help ...

A team of scientists at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) has uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that ...

A team of scientists at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) has uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that ...

The research was led by Dr Irène Amblard and Dr Vicki Metzis from the Development and Transcriptional Control group, in ...

Incredible images created by our scientists using advanced microscopes are helping to drive biological discovery ...

The embryos in question were mice and were sent to the ISS in August 2021 as frozen fertilized cells. While on the ISS, they were thawed and kept in a special setup at body temperature.