Researchers Sundaresan and Khanday have developed the world's first self-cloning rice, a breakthrough achieved using CRISPR-Cas9 technology. Their work, published in Nature, allows rice seeds to grow into clones of the parent plant, with success rates now at 95%. This innovation, which has already been applied to other crops like maize and millet, aims to address global food security challenges and has earned them the prestigious VinFuture Prize. Field trials are the next step.