3 Feb 2021

Increasing food production is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. The Australian Academy of Science has produced a video featuring researchers...

13 Apr 2017

Carboxysomes are polyhedral protein micro-compartments in cyanobacteria which concentrate CO2 and increase the efficiency of carbon fixation. In 1993, RSBS...

29 Nov 2016

Panic grasses could hold the secret to increasing the yields of cereal crops and help feed the world with increasing temperature extremes and a population of...

22 Sep 2016

A partnership between a plant scientist and a teacher has resulted in a trip to the impoverished rural region of Maliana in East Timor

21 Apr 2016

2016 marks 50 years since Hal Hatch and Roger Slack discovered the C4 photosynthesis pathway, while working in sugarcane. The C4 Photosynthesis Conference 2016...

19 Feb 2016

The Loyd T Evans Growth Facility (PGF), named after John Evan's father, was officially opened on the Philippine campus of...

3 Dec 2015

A research and development project to supercharge rice production has received funding for a third phase. This marks another step on the road to significantly...

9 Nov 2015

RSB Plant Scientist Rob Sharwood has been awarded a Thomas Davies Research Grant from the Australian Academy of Science for his proposal “Unlocking the...

9 Nov 2015

As part of a large international effort to increase wheat yields and boost food security, researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational...

25 Aug 2015

Gender balance in science has been a widely-discussed topic this National Science Week. In Canberra, two main events have focused on this issue: an exhibition...

1 Jul 2015

The ANU and CSIRO have joined forces in a new collaborative precinct to help build a sustainable future for the environment, agriculture and global food...

25 Oct 2014

A research centre exploring new technologies for improving crop yields to secure food supply has been launched at the Research School of Biology.