Mankai duckweed, a type of highly sustainable aquatic plant produced in a number of countries, may be a new superfood offering profound effects on blood sugar and appetite control, according to a new ...

Q: I just bought a property that has a small pond on it. I thought the pond was covered in algae. I was told that it is covered in duckweed. The duckweed is apparently protecting the fish and frogs ...

Bon Aire Lake will be treated for weed control with a nontoxic dye this year, under a contract approved March 12 by the Merrillville Stormwater Management Board. The board voted to retain Lake & Pond ...

Mankai duckweed plant acts as a potential superfood and provides glycemic control after carbohydrate consumption, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in Diabetes Care, the ...

The consumption of sufficient amounts of protein is critical for human health. Consumption of, amongst others, meat, milk and eggs can often satisfy the human dietary protein requirement. However, ...

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 ...

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.