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Fungus

Fungal toxins are widespread in European wheat – a threat to human health and the economy

Wheat provides 19% of calories and 21% of protein are consumed by humans worldwide. But known as a ...

A pollinator's death web turns right into a nursery.

In a gaggle of plants known for trapping their pollinators in death traps, one species offers its flowers ...

Shothole borer beetles have began to invade Australia, but we don't have to cut down every tree that’s attacked.

Oh New insects attacking Perth's trees threatens Spread across Australia, damaging crops and native forests in addition to ...

Coating engineering for disease-free production

Chemical engineering professor Dr. Mustafa Ekbulut, together with horticultural science professor Luis Cisneros-Zevallos, engineered the long-lasting, bacteria-free production. ...

Why is it so difficult to make a fungal vaccine?

HBO's hit TV adaptation of the favored video game The Last of Us has just aired its season ...

'The future is fungal': New research shows that fungi living in healthy plants are sensitive to climate change.

Towers of spruce, pine, fir, and other trees spread across the cooler tracts of land that span North ...

Drilling down on treatment-resistant fungi with molecular machines

Fungi are present on the skin of about 70% of the population, without harm or profit. Some fungal ...

Scientists gathered a wealthy picture of the plight and resilience of the yellow-legged frog within the foothills

At just a number of inches in length, with a lemon-colored belly, the foothill yellow-legged frog could appear ...

Before The Last of Us, I used to be a part of a global team to chart the specter of a killer fungus. This is what we found

Fungal infections have gained attention due to the recognition of HBO. The last of us. The show depicts ...

A brand new plant name that tells a story.

A brand new species and genus of fairy lanterns, small glass-like white plants that feed on coke, has ...