In lab experiments, they determined that coating rice seedlings with magnesium-doped carbon dots—derived from durian peels—increased the seedlings' antioxidant activity and photosynthesis ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Just one 2.5-kilogram durian from Nonthaburi, Thailand, can cost $380. Yet the fruit has a smell that some people find extremely unpleasant.

GUANGDONG: China’s middle class consumers have been tightening their purse strings, but their appetite for durian – pungent, spiky fruit mostly imported from Southeast Asia – continues to grow.