From cancer immunotherapy and antibiotics to GMO crops and pandemic surveillance, gain of function is a cornerstone of basic research.

The advantage of newer rice varieties bred to withstand increased heat was too small to be statistically significant, report researchers.

By studying the DNA of people who lived in East Asia thousands of years ago, scientists are starting to untangle how the region was populated.

A new study shows high-fibre brown rice also contains more arsenic than white rice – so which is better for you?

Researchers have written "a first draft of the story of how rice dispersed across Asia." It includes a major cooling event that forced rice's evolution.

Weedy rice is the result with cultivars of the crop go rogue. New research traces their origins to the "Green Revolution."