Scientists have found a way to boost the efficiency of rubisco — the enzyme that powers life on Earth — and hope to transfer it to crops.

Researchers have figured out how hornworts, a relative of mosses, condense RuBisCO into specialized compartments ...

Researchers have uncovered a molecular trick used by hornwort plants that could help future crops capture carbon dioxide more efficiently. A unique protein feature called RbcS-STAR causes the key ...

"Our job is to understand those solutions well enough to apply them where they're needed most." Researchers uncover strange plants that could change how we produce food: 'Nature has already tested ...

One of the most marginalized and in fact understudied plant groups, hornworts, has the potential to provide a long-awaited ...

A unique Rubisco subunit from the hornwort plant carries a built-in extension that enables the enzyme to cluster into carbon-concentrating structures ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered a remarkable molecular trick used by a unique group of land plants, one that could eventually be ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered a remarkable molecular trick used by a unique group of land plants, one that could eventually be engineered into crops like wheat and rice to ...

SAN DIEGO — Plantible Foods is accelerating production of its lemna-derived protein ingredient called Rubi Protein. The ...

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Plantible Foods announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a "No Questions" letter in response to the company’s Generally ...

Taylor Szyszka receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Davin Saviro Wijaya receives funding from the Australian Research Council and an ANU University Research Scholarship. Yu Heng Lau ...

Scientists built a nano-cage to house Rubisco, the slow enzyme driving photosynthesis, offering a path to boost energy conversion in staple crops. (Nanowerk News) Australian researchers have created ...