Anna O'Brien, assistant professor of molecular, cellular, and biomedical sciences at the University of New Hampshire, said duckweed could be a sustainable way to counter agricultural waste.

By growing duckweed on the farm, waste nitrogen and phosphates are taken out of the water, cleaning it and meaning it could potentially be safely released. The £1m project, called Brainwaves ...

A sample of duckweed has been sent to space to test the impacts of gravity on the plant. Researchers think it has potential as a source of food and material for astronauts. Australian researchers ...

Superfood: Companies are harvesting and marketing the plant that grows like, well, a weed. They’re finding a variety of uses, ...