Fungi

By RAF CASERT and ALEKSANDAR FURTULA - Associated Press DELFT, Netherlands (AP) — For those seeking to live in the most sustainable way, there now is an…

Other fungi have lives straight out of a sci-fi streamer. Zombie fungus attacks carpenter ants and takes over their bodies, causing them to climb tall grass stems. All the infected ants…

Imagine if a ripped leather jacket could repair itself instead of needing to be replaced. This could one day be a reality, if the jacket is fashioned from fungus, researchers…

In this video, Katelyn Jetelina, PhD, director of population health analytics at Meadows Mental Health…

In the HBO series “The Last of Us,” named after the popular video game of the same name, the flour supplies of the world are contaminated with a fungus called Cordyceps. When people eat…

UC Riverside researchers have identified tiny organisms that not only survive but thrive during the first year after a wildfire. The findings could help bring land back to life after fires…

That stubborn athlete's foot infection an estimated 70% of people get at some point in their life could become much easier to get rid of thanks to nanoscale drills activated by visible…

The world is filled with tiny creatures that find us delicious. Bacteria and viruses are the obvious bad guys, drivers of deadly global pandemics and annoying infections. But the pathogens…

Research on fungi underway at the University of Kansas has helped transform tough-to-recycle plastic waste from the Pacific Ocean into key components for making pharmaceuticals. The…

Sinks and P-traps are home to a surprising number of fungal organisms, according research from the University of Reading. Five University of Reading undergraduate students, and a PhD…