To do so, they used new techniques to carefully cull chloroplast DNA from ancient rice 900-2,800-years-old, which had been excavated from seven archaeological sites in Japan and Korea.

Having detected remnants of this ancient rice beer on 10,000-year-old pottery vessels in China, researchers believe that the boozy substance was probably consumed during ceremonial feasts and ...

They particularly focussed on identifying the source of tiny plant fossil remains, starch granules, and fungi in these samples, revealing insights into the pottery’s uses and the food processing ...

and if they might have found a solution! Show more How farmers and scientists in eastern India are using ancient rice seeds to fight flooding, increasing soil salinity and drought. The BBC’s ...