Researchers make game-changing breakthrough that could help protect food supply: 'This is a first step'

Researchers make game-changing breakthrough that could help protect food supply: 'This is a first step'

In a breakthrough that could help secure the global food supply, MIT researchers have found that lanthanides, a class of rare earth elements, can make staple crops such as corn, soybeans, barley, and chickpeas more resilient to extreme sun exposure, MIT News reported. The research, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, shows that a single nanoscale dose of lanthanides applied to seeds strengthens chlorophyll by replacing its…