Feb. 27, 2025 — The discovery of a powerful 'weapon' used by many disease-causing fungi to infect and destroy major food crop staples, such as rice and corn, could offer new strategies to ...

Most people associate foot fungus with sweaty gym environments, but medical experts reveal this persistent infection has sneakier ways of spreading. Dr. Michael Thompson at Northwestern Medicine ...

From decomposing organic matter to forming symbiotic relationships with plants and animals, fungi are nature’s silent architects. Recently, a discovery involving a fungus growing on a spider has added ...

Fungal infection, also known as a mycosis, refers to the invasion of a host's tissue by specific types of fungi. Mycoses often start in the lungs following inhalation of fungal spores or on the ...

Diseases caused by Candida are among the most common fungal infections worldwide. The new guideline was developed over four years by a team of more than one hundred experts from 35 countries.

Fungal genetics is the study of the mechanisms of heritable information in fungi. Yeasts and filamentous fungi are extensively used as model organisms for eukaryotic genetic research, including ...

New simulations reveal that around 1 million "macroscopic" objects from our closest stellar neighbors, the Alpha Centauri system, may already reside in the Oort Cloud, far from sight.

Optogenetics is an emerging bioengineering technology that has been rapidly developed in recent years by cross-integrating optics, genetic engineering, electrophysiology, software control, and other ...

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Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a reversible, reheatable, and easily moldable thermoplastic. As a result, PET is the most widely used thermoplastic polymer resin in the polyester family, with ...

Additionally, this investigation primarily concentrated on examining the macroscopic effects of various fertilizers on saponin content in medicinal plants without addressing microscopic mechanisms.

“The reptiles are quite susceptible to fungal diseases, but your typical mammal, which maintains a temperature in the mid 30’s or so, creates a thermal exclusionary zone for fungi.” Those ...