When a maize plant is attacked by the fungus Ustilago maydis, tumor-like tissue growths occur at the site of infection. How the pathogen causes this response in its host has long been unknown. But a ...

The microbiome not only consists of bacteria, but also of fungi. Most of them support human and animal health. However, some fungi also have pathogenic potential. For instance, the yeast Candida ...

Research over the years has found that a black mold, formed from a number of different fungi, has been growing toward radioactive particles, and surviving on ionizing radiation, at the Chernobyl ...

Survival & Crafting Peak devs were ready to go 'into vacation mode' after releasing it, but then it sold 1M copies in the first week: 'That quickly became a pipe dream' Roguelike I don't care that ...

Fungi’s evolutionary roots stretch far deeper than once believed — up to 1.4 billion years ago, long before plants or animals appeared. Using advanced molecular dating and gene transfer analysis, ...

Join me for a fun Christmas-themed guessing game as I put everyday holiday items like ornaments, bows, and lights under my digital microscope. See if you can figure out what each mystery close-up is ...

Learn how to identify the type of lawn fungus you’re dealing with, and the best ways to treat it. Those unsightly patches of brown and yellow forming in your lawn may not be your pet’s fault. They’re ...

Google entered the final stretch of an antitrust case targeting its digital advertising monopoly, weeks after emerging largely unscathed from a similar challenge to its online search stronghold. The ...

Some commenters thought it might be “some kind of wet rot” or even “mushroom mycelium,” warning that a water leak was almost certainly behind it. Others were more spooked, with one person saying it ...

This is part of a NASA-supported project hoping to fabricate "device-ready" wafers from space-grown crystals. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Join host Neil Lander as he sits down with Peter Baker, President of Live Oak Quality Assurance and former FDA Investigator of the Year, to explore the complexities of equilibration injections in ...