MIT and SMART scientists use microneedles to inject melatonin into crops, helping them stay fresh longer and reduce food ...

Credit: GoranQmin/Moment via A simple intervention could soon keep the produce in your refrigerator fresh for a ...

But no matter whether you just want to start a small vegetable garden or you aim to be fully self-sufficient, we’re here to remind you to leave space for pak choi in your veggie patch. It’s ...

MIT and SMART researchers developed a way to extend the shelf life of vegetables by injecting them with melatonin using ...

Injecting vegetables with the sleep hormone melatonin can extend their shelf life by up to 10 days, according to new research ...

Bok choy, a cruciferous green vegetable, is a member of the Brassica family. It’s also called pak choi or Chinese cabbage. Unlike most cruciferous vegetables grown in the United States ...

We've all felt the sting of guilt when fruit and vegetables go bad before we could ... melatonin than usual," Marelli says. "We chose pak choy because it's a very important crop in Asia, and ...

Bok choy is a variety of Chinese white cabbage that falls into the cruciferous vegetable category along with kale, Brussels sprouts, and broccoli. Also called pak choi, it’s part of the Brassica ...

For the study, which will appear in Nano Letters, Marelli and researchers from SMART applied small patches of the microneedles containing melatonin to the base of the leafy vegetable pak choy.

For the study, published in the journal Nano Letters, Marelli and his team applied small patches of the microneedles containing melatonin to the base of the leafy vegetable pak choy. Following ...