Commercial plant fertilizers aren't cheap, but yeast certainly is, and it could potentially provide benefits when added to ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A multinational company with affiliate operations in southwest Cedar Rapids is considering the community for a $6.5 million pilot plant. Lesaffre Yeast Corp. is part of the ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Red Star Yeast is expanding its facility in Cedar Rapids and city leaders say the expansion will help community growth. Included in that growth - more job opportunities.

A team of researchers led by the University of California San Diego has discovered a new way to make yeast cells more efficient “factories” for producing valuable plant compounds. The advance could ...

Buttered noodles don't cover all the groups on the food pyramid, but this plant-based ingredient can provide a nutritious ...

An international team of researchers has demonstrated that genetically engineered yeast cells can produce the natural plant product alstonine, which has shown positive effects in treating ...