When you think about materials used in medicine, you likely picture metals, plastics, or synthetic gels. Researchers at the ...

As if something out of a horror movie, a fungus infects spiders and turns them into zombies, causing them to act erratically ...

Cereals have natural resistance to pathogenic fungi, but powdery mildew, for example, can overcome this resistance. A team at ...

Scientists have identified a marine fungus that was previously unknown and is capable of killing toxic algae known to ...

Carrot side streams often end up as waste. Using such material for protein production reduces disposal problems and saves resources. No extra farmland or water becomes necessary. Production happens ...

Low levels of albumin, a protein found in blood, are associated with poor clinical outcomes for people with the fungal disease mucormycosis.

By boosting beneficial microbes, researchers hope to increase crop resilience while reducing the use of synthetic nitrogen ...

Garden advice often focuses on what to water and how much, but timing is easier to overlook. Many plant problems begin not ...

The potentially deadly fungus has infected over 7,000 people in the U.S. so far this year, and is resistant to many drugs.

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 ...

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